St. Mary’s Harbour serves as a bustling hub of commercial activities and caters to an array of maritime traffic. As the main tourist landing point for visitors to the Islands, St. Mary’s welcomes the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s vessels Scillonian III (daily throughout the summer) and Gry Maritha (3 days a week year round). The Isles of Scilly are the busiest cruise ship calling destination in the South West and St. Mary’s Harbour are the Competent Harbour Authority (CHA) for the provision of a pilotage service. All vessels over 30m in length require compulsory pilotage within the Islands. St. Mary’s Harbour is also home to the majority of the local tripper boats which ferry visitors around our beautiful Islands throughout the main tourist season and a busy local fishing fleet that land their catch for onward travel to the mainland via ship. The outer berth is available for vessels up to 80m LOA – Please contact the harbour office here for more information.
For further information on pilotage please contact St. Mary’s Harbour Office on 01720 422768, email [email protected] or click here.
Whilst the harbour is small, there is a lot going on each day with a range of maritime businesses plying their trade within the harbour. Daily tripper boats depart with tourists, keen to explore the Islands, the small local fishing fleet lands catch on the quay for onward travel to the mainland via the ISSG ships, off island freight is sorted on St. Mary’s quay before being loaded onto the inter-island freight vessel Lyonesse lady each day and visiting yachts arrive to start their own adventure on the Islands. Works affecting the movement of vessels will be advised through Local Notices to Mariners (LNtMs). You can find the latest LNtM here. Vessels within the harbour must observe the speed limit of 3kts and maintain a listening watch on VHF Ch. 14.
The outer berth is available for commercial shipping. The max. LOA is 80m with a limiting depth on the berth of 1.6m plus height of tide. There are 34 deep water swinging moorings for visiting vessels which are coloured depending on their maximum vessel size. There are 28 yellow mooring buoys which can accommodate vessels up to a maximum of 40 feet (12m). There are 6 green mooring buoys which will accommodate vessels up to a maximum of 60 feet (18m). We have one deep water swinging mooring with a max. LOA of 80ft (24m). Please contact the harbour office here for further information.
Diving operations within the harbour must only take place after a dive permit has been completed and with approval from the harbour office. For further information please contact the harbour office here.
