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aba55d22-8a56-5478-8a2c-08df1c04ef00 · USSAN · North America

Shelter Island / San Diego

San Diego, United States · 32.714°N 117.224°W

CRUISINGADVISEDOPERATIONAL

San Diego's yacht cluster on Shelter Island: several marinas and yards facing a real naval and commercial harbour. The usual last US harbour on a westbound Mexico passage.

Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation

Estimate

Clearsky at 2026-10-14T02:00:00Z America/Los_Angeles. Wind 9 kn from NNW. It is after local sunset. If this harbour publishes a night-entry restriction, treat it as active until sunrise. Nearest IOC gauge San_Diego_CA (4.8 km) last observed -3.250 m — observational only, not a tide table or controlling depth. Next published low 2026-10-13 04:20 (NOAA CO-OPS).

Wind
9 kn NNW
Gusts
—
Waves
—
Twilight
Night

Max LOA

50 m

Reported

Max draft

4 m

Reported

VHF

16/12

Verified

October band

MODERATE

Estimate

Busy-time intelligence

October: historical occupancy estimate 84% (ESTIMATED). HIGH October Baja-haulout and summer weekends Drivers: Baja staging; naval-city yacht club traffic. Name the marina on the island. The island is not one inventory. 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 pressureMODERATEEstimate
    • Baja staging
    • naval-city yacht club traffic

    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

Scripps / UCSD hospitals

Medevac accepted (REPORTED)

Sustainability

Pump-out yes · shore power preferred yes

Hours

08:00–17:00 typical

Night watch yes