Little Hampton harbour

Very shallow at low tide. Ran aground at night in the entrance to the harbour easy escape but just to note for bigger vessels to only approach at high water. Very tidal river plan before entry. Littlehampton Harbour is located at the mouth of the River Arun on the south coast between Chichester and Worthing. The visitors pontoon is another 500m ahead on the east bank below the Harbour Office, the prominent white building north of the first line of pontoons on the east side. Brief harbour closures occur a few times each month (at high water on spring tides) for the arrival or departure of large vessels. There is no Wi-Fi but if you need a weather forecast or internet access in emergencies, feel free to visit us in the office. The minimum water depth at spring low tide alongside the visitor’s pontoon is 2.2 metres except for the northern 3x pontoon sections where yachts of greater than 2m draft should avoid. Please note that the harbour entrance bar’s impounding effect plus the river’s drainage means the height of tide almost never falls below 0.9m above datum (whatever the forecasted height of tide at LW). Vessels over 2.3m draft can be accommodated but should be with the advice of the Harbour Master and will likely need to be rafted so they sit further into the channel in deeper water.