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Port Hercule

Port Hercule de Monaco

Monaco-Ville / La Condamine, Monaco · 43.735°N 7.426°E

MEGACOORDINATEDOPERATIONAL

The principality's deep, breakwater-protected yacht harbour and the operational heart of the Monaco Yacht Show. Night entry is controlled, megayacht quays are scarce, and September occupancy is a planning problem rather than a berth search.

Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation

Estimate

Fair at 2026-10-13T01:00:00Z Europe/Monaco. Wind 11 kn from NE. It is after local sunset. If this harbour publishes a night-entry restriction, treat it as active until sunrise. Nearest IOC gauge Monaco, Fontvieille harbour (0.8 km) last observed 0.438 m — observational only, not a tide table or controlling depth.

Wind
11 kn NE
Gusts
—
Waves
—
Twilight
Night

Max LOA

140 m

Reported

Max draft

8 m

Verified

VHF

12

Verified

October band

MODERATE

Estimate

Captain Arrival Brief

Deterministic, source-backed projection. Not legal advice. Not clearance authorization. Never a safety determination.

COMPATIBLECONDITIONALCOSTS INCOMPLETEINSUFFICIENT_DATA

Identity

Port Hercule · de4ff487-e5b5-529a-b52c-fa5f37163bcb

MC

Vessel & target arrival

LOA 52 m · beam 9.4 m · draft 3.1 m

Arrival 2026-08-12T12:00:00Z · factsAt 2026-08-12T12:00:00Z

Static compatibility

COMPATIBLE

Matching berth classes: Local / visiting <20 m PHYSICALLY_INCOMPATIBLE · Superyacht 20–50 m PHYSICALLY_INCOMPATIBLE · Megayacht 50 m+ PHYSICALLY_COMPATIBLE

Physical berths: UNKNOWN — no inventory

Approach / depth

Entrance controlling depth UNKNOWN. Guest schematic is not a chart.

Published draft 8 m · datum UNKNOWN

Swell UNKNOWN — swell is not invented from significant wave height.

Formalities

Pilotage: Below 80 m, pilotage remains possible on request and may be imposed by the Directeur des Affaires Maritimes.

Towage: No matching TOWAGE rule is recorded for this harbour/jurisdiction. That is NOT_COVERED, not NOT_REQUIRED.

Customs: SEPM lists a French customs office for Monaco. Hours, 24-hour service and temporary admission are not extracted as verified rules. A port-of-entry label does not invent clearance.

Immigration: Division de Police Maritime et Aéroportuaire (dpma@gouv.mc) is named. Crew/passenger eligibility is not calculated. Hours and appointment requirements remain UNKNOWN.

Decision-support intelligence only. Not legal advice. Not clearance authorization. maritimIQ does not authorize entry and does not determine formal status.

Services

Fuel: Compiled operator desk lists MGO. Not a live inventory and not a current price.

Shore power: Compiled Quai Rainier III shore power: 400 V / 50 Hz. Amperage bands are compiled, not metered live.

Water: Compiled potable water on visitor quays. Potable only because the ledger names potable.

Waste: Compiled black-water reception. Does not imply oily or hazardous waste.

Refit: No sourced refit capability. Marketing prose is not a capability.

Medical: Compiled nearby hospital relationship: CHPG Monaco. Not a diagnosis and not a 24h emergency designation.

Airport / transport: Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE) relationship. Airport truth stays in Airport Intelligence. Transfer time is ESTIMATED, not geodesic-as-drive.

Known harbor costs

2517.6 EUR · incomplete

Tax: VAT 20% included in published TTC figures.

Source currency: EUR

Reference conversion: FX not applied — source currency retained. rate=none

Unknown charges: PILOTAGE: Pilotage is CONDITIONAL. Price remains UNKNOWN unless a current tariff is attached.

Traffic

0 in approach, 0 inside harbor radius, LOW (0 moving / 0 in approach / 0 inside harbor radius)

Occupancy: INSUFFICIENT_DATA. AIS does not see dark vessels, covered yachts, or berth identity.

Seasonality: VERY_HIGH in September (Yacht Show) and Grand Prix week · forecast DEFERRED

Traffic is not availability. Capacity is not occupancy. A reservation flag is not a live berth. EMODnet density is historical context. Forecast is deferred.

Warnings & restrictions

Monaco Yacht Show quay reservation freeze (2026-04-15)

NIGHT_ENTRY: Night entry is controlled and usually requires prior arrangement with the harbour master's office.

SPEED: Speed limited inside the port; dead slow, no wake.

ISPS: ISPS access control on the large-yacht quays during events and for most visiting yachts over 500 GT.

GENERATOR: Generator hours restricted alongside; shore power is expected.

UNKNOWN — upcoming warning coverage is not a global feed.

Alternatives

Port Lympia · 12 km · certainty LOW · score 0.708 · alt-rank-1.0

Port Vauban · 29 km · certainty LOW · score 0.666 · alt-rank-1.0

Port Pierre Canto · 38 km · certainty LOW · score 0.657 · alt-rank-1.0

Marina di Viareggio · 226 km · certainty LOW · score 0.469 · alt-rank-1.0

Port de Saint-Tropez · 82 km · certainty LOW · score 0.313 · alt-rank-1.0

Unknown / conflicted / stale

Unknown: vessel.airDraftM, vessel.displacementT, waterLevel, current, wind, waves, visibility, formality.TOWAGE, formality.CUSTOMS, formality.IMMIGRATION, formality.HEALTH, formality.SECURITY, formality.COMMERCIAL, formality.NOAD, formality.EMSWE

Conflicted: Maximum LOA: Operator materials and captain reports disagree on whether 140 m is a hard limit or a typical planning envelope. Treat as REPORTED and confirm the specific quay.

Stale: Pilotage price: 1999 franc ordinance remains STALE. Current price UNKNOWN.

Source index

compiled-ledger · decision-engine · aisstream-optional · Règlement général des ports de Monaco, art. 5.1 (Sept 2023) · Règlement général des ports de Monaco, art. 5.2 (Sept 2023) · Arrêté ministériel n° 2013-45, art. 4 · Arrêté ministériel n° 2013-45, art. 2 · none · SEPM / compiled port-of-entry designation — procedure not validated · SEPM contact listing / AM framework — hours not extracted · Expired fixture — do not resurrect obsolete COVID procedures · No currently validated commercial-yacht circular attached · USCG NVMC / eCFR · EUR-Lex

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