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Nelson's Dockyard / English Harbour

English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda · 17.008°N 61.765°W

RACINGADVISEDOPERATIONAL

A hurricane hole with Georgian dockyard stonework and a serious classic-yacht calendar. Falmouth next door is the megayacht overflow. This is operational Caribbean, not a theme park.

Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation

Estimate

Clear at 2026-08-26T20:15 America/Antigua. Wind 11 kn from ENE, gusts 20 kn. It is after local sunset. If this harbour publishes a night-entry restriction, treat it as active until sunrise. Model significant wave 1.1 m from E — coastal model, not a harbour sounding. SST 29.1 °C.

Wind: 11 kn ENE
Gusts: 20 kn
Waves: 1.1 m
Twilight: Night

Max LOA

70 m

Reported

Max draft

4.5 m

Reported

VHF

Verified

August band

MODERATE

Estimate

Busy-time intelligence

August: no dedicated climatology window — using harbour baseline. VERY_HIGH during Sailing Week and Christmas trades Hurricane season changes the product: the hole is a shelter plan, not a party plan. This is an estimate derived from declared inventory and seasonal demand, not a live sensor count or a passenger-style headcount.

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Explainable reliability

No harbour score. Each metric says why.

Seasonal berth pressureVERY_HIGHEstimate
- Antigua Sailing Week
- classic regattas
- winter season
Climatology derived from declared inventory and seasonal demand — labelled estimate

Observation foundation

OCCUPANCY_RATIOCLIMATOLOGY · ratio · estimate label required
ARRIVALS_PER_HOURHISTORICAL · calls/h · estimate label required
WINDCLIMATOLOGY · kn
TIDE_HEIGHTCLIMATOLOGY · m

Emergency

Mount St. John's Medical Centre, St. John's

Medevac accepted (REPORTED)

Sustainability

Pump-out yes · shore power preferred yes

Hours

08:00–16:00 plus event weeks

Night watch yes

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