The entrance is wide and well sheltered and safe to enter in all conditions. Proceed directly to the Yacht Club who will try to make room for you. Alternatively, yachts can anchor south of the breakwater in front of the beach. Anchored yachts can still use the yacht club's facilities for a small fee.
The outside anchorage is large and sheltered in most conditions except N or NW winds.
The marina has two pontoons, however, these suffered damage during a storm in January 2018 and may take some time to repair. Therefore currently space for visitors is limited.
The Marina staff are reported to be very helpful and every effort is made to accommodate all visiting yachts.
Entering should not attempt at spring low-water as the concrete blocks for the moorings lower the depth between the pontoons significantly. Space is tight and any manoeuvering needs to be done very slowly.
There are good toilets/showers next to the pontoons (but you will need to remember toilet paper) and there is a weather office in the port with a helpful meteorologist. The berthing fee, whilst high for Morocco, also includes the use of the yacht club nearby which has a pool.
As well as the Yacht Club fee, there is a port authority charge per day for the use of the port, for boats between 10 and 20m. The Port Authority does offer a rebate if you stay longer than a week, but it has to be asked for before and paid in advance. They accept Dirahms, but Euros can sometimes be used.
Leaving the boat in Mohammedia is absolutely safe as the port is very well guarded (the Police will issue you with a shore pass). Day trips to Casablanca or further afield are possible by train.
Note that the marina is in the middle of a big industrial area, and the air is very polluted. The boat will be covered in soot by the time you leave.
Useful report by Cruisers who have stopped here.
Last updated January 2018.
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Mar 28, 2019 12:09 PM
March 2019. Marina is CLOSED. we needed to berth for emergency repairs and were flat out refused entry, even just for a few hours. No further explanation. Not sure if closure is temporary or permanent.
Reported by Dutch Skipper Gerard Westemijer:
Harbour Fees here (January 2018):
There are just a few berths available in the Marina and the price for a 15m yacht is Dhm 365 a day. The harbour master of the commercial harbour asked for a 15m yacht – Dhm 275 a day. So this is altogether a really expensive harbour.
We are in Mohammedia at the moment(19/12/2017) and were forced to pay an extra fee to the port of 28 euros/night. Which leaves us with 58 euros per night including the Marina fee. Quite expensive ,particularly as the spot we have is being tied up to another boat. Although the authorities are friendly as well as the Marina personnel.
We stayed in Mohammedia in November 2017. We were sent away from Rabat because of the onshore winds – they noticed us approaching on AIS and called us well in advance to ask us to proceed to Mohammedia. We arrived at night and there was no space so we were tied up alongside a moored boat. The officials arrived directly and were very friendly and efficient. There was no drug sniffing dog or any boat search. We payed Port Authorities 26 euros a day, and the marina just raised their price from 4 to 25 euros per day! Way too expensive for us to stay long. It is such a shame, we were planning to stay at least a week but now we only stayed 3 nights. Mohammedia has great facilities and the city has a good train connection to all the major cities in Morocco. Diesel 10 Dirham per L, the same price as in Europe! Gibraltar is way cheaper.
We checked out the marina in Casablanca as well, that look like it needs an investor. It probably won’t open soon.
Visited harbour in November 2016: Staff very friendly and helpful, speak English well. At first confusing, since there are multiple shift-crews for coast-guard, police, immigrations, customs and the port captain that you loose track of who is who. They guided us well through the paperwork. We approached at night without a problem, 24 hour night guard is on site and usually notices your arrival.
You pay a harbour fee according to the length of the boat: for us, 9.3 meter -> 280 dirhams per night + a marina fee of 4€ or 40 dirham per day.
Passports and boat papers are kept by officials.
Posted on behalf of SV Proteus:
It was no problem to anchor just outside the harbour at first (or even for a night) – in about 4-5m just off the public beach – and go in with the dinghy to check in with immigration/customs, and wait for a spot in the marina. The holding is good in sandy mud. If you’re really wanting a space, just wait an overnight: the turnover is usually quick.
Because of the adjacent petrochemical port, security is extremely tight. Actually, surprisingly tight. They require a shore pass to get out and back in to the port outer gate. There is a Carrefour (and a liquor store!) in town and the taxi ride is super cheap: around 10 dirhams.
Fuel was possible, but if your boat is deeper than 1.5m, the fuel pump is only accessible at high(er) tide.