6a07f533-bfee-5899-9a41-dc2d3516d1fe · GBSOU · Northern Europe

Ocean Village

Southampton, United Kingdom · 50.896°N 1.392°W

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A locked marina in the Southampton Water system. Tides, lock cycles and the Marchwood / container-port neighbours define arrivals. Cowes is the Solent stage; this is the city-and-crew-change harbour.

Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation

Estimate

Overcast at 2026-08-27T01:15 Europe/London. Wind 6 kn from ENE, gusts 14 kn. It is after local sunset. If this harbour publishes a night-entry restriction, treat it as active until sunrise. Model significant wave 0.1 m from SE — coastal model, not a harbour sounding. SST 21.2 °C.

Wind
6 kn ENE
Gusts
14 kn
Waves
0.1 m
Twilight
Night

Max LOA

40 m

Reported

Max draft

3.2 m

Reported

VHF

80

Verified

August band

HIGH

Estimate

Busy-time intelligence

August: historical occupancy estimate 86% (ESTIMATED). HIGH Cowes Week overflow and summer weekends Drivers: Solent racing; city berths. A reserved berth can wait on a lock cycle. Keep lock booking ≠ berth reservation. 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 pressureHIGHEstimate
    • Solent racing
    • city berths

    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

Southampton General

Medevac accepted (REPORTED)

Sustainability

Pump-out yes · shore power preferred yes

Hours

08:00–18:00

Night watch yes