The marina offers good protection from southern waves, although the choice of the orientation of the pontoons is not efficient as boats are always taking wind from the side when the wind blows, either from the north (dry from the land) or from the south (wet, rainy, strong). Either way, strong winds make staying aboard comfortable and docking, challenging.
Visitors are offered stern-to berths with a mooring for the bow line. The marina does not operate on VHF so you will need to hail a marina staff member to get help with the stern lines.
There is water, electricity and showers, all of which are charged for by the day with unlimited use, so remember to alert the marina staff of your requirements as soon as you arrive.
This is reported to be a popular place to take the boat up on the hard. Only port approved specialists can work in the port. The Hydrografia has a list.
You are free to travel, leaving the boat behind. The place is known to be windy, so care should be taken to secure the boat.
Last updated: October 2018
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We arrived here from Brazil in October 2018. No-one answered our calls on channel 16 before we arrived. Finally, once in the marina we called again and the Prefectura answered in Spanish. The marina doesn’t seem to use VHF, so we waited until marina staff found us. They directed us to a berth and took our stern lines to the pontoon, but they can’t help with bow line to the mooring, which made it a bit challenging. Let them know then and there if you want electricity and water as there is a daily charge (unlimited use). Showers ok (paid), free wifi at harbour office. Movistar (in town) sells pre-paid sim cards with very cheap internet bundles.
Formalities: Immigration (passports, boat papers, clearing-out documents from Brazil, 517 pesos to be paid in cash, exact amount), then Prefectura (copies of passports, boat papers and the “Rol”, which for us was the Brazilian Annex 1-A form (with stamps from immigration). Ask immigration to make a copy of the form after stamping it, so you won’t have to go to town again to make a copy to give to the Prefectura. We made copies in town at the “Libreria” shop. On the street facing the beach is the only bank in town, where you can get pesos (needed for immigration) and dollars (not really needed, as you can pay in pesos or with bank card in most places). Finally, the harbour master / hidrografia, which only inspected documents and didn’t need copies.
When we left for Montevideo, we went to pay the harbour master and then had to show our payment slip to the Prefectura.
Good place to leave the boat. Reasonable prices and good boat services. Workshops are expensive though. They were in the process of building three new piers when we stayed there in September 2015.