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Shelter Island / San Diego

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

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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

Clear at 2026-08-26T17:15 America/Los_Angeles. Wind 5 kn from NW, gusts 6 kn. Model significant wave 1.4 m from S — coastal model, not a harbour sounding. SST 24.1 °C. Next published low 2026-08-26 03:20 (NOAA CO-OPS).

Wind
5 kn NW
Gusts
6 kn
Waves
1.4 m
Twilight
Day

Max LOA

50 m

Reported

Max draft

4 m

Reported

VHF

16/12

Verified

August band

MODERATE

Estimate

Busy-time intelligence

August: 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