Harbour

The Wharf Marina

Name: The Wharf Marina
Address: Washington, US
Telephone: +12025955165

Washington, United StatesChesapeake Bay

Type: Harbour

Marina on the Washington Channel at The Wharf, Washington DC, with more than 300 floating slips and moorings for vessels up to 45 feet.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Entered from the Potomac off Hains Point and up the Washington Channel, unmarked above Hains Point with midchannel controlling depths near 8 to 11 feet. The whole channel is a posted no-wake zone.

Practical

Transient and seasonal berths on floating docks. Shore power, fresh water, in-slip pumpout and a fuel berth. Heads with showers, a laundry, a ship store with ice and bait. Grocers, restaurants and hardware shops along the promenade.

Ashore

The Municipal Fish Market sits next to the marina. The Smithsonian museums of the National Mall are about 1 km north on foot, and the Tidal Basin with its memorials is a similar distance northwest.