Harbours, bridges and cruising areas for sailors
Countries
- Albania 5 harbours
- Algeria 28 harbours
- Anguilla 3 harbours
- Antigua and Barbuda 16 harbours
- Aruba 9 harbours
- Austria 99 harbours
- Bahamas 97 harbours
- Barbados 6 harbours
- Belgium 20 harbours
- Belize 26 harbours
- Bermuda 23 harbours
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 4 harbours
- British Virgin Islands 17 harbours
- Bulgaria 17 harbours
- Cabo Verde 16 harbours
- Cambodia 4 harbours
- Canada 771 harbours
- Canary Islands 36 harbours
- Cayman Islands 22 harbours
- Ceuta and Melilla 5 harbours
- Channel Islands 12 harbours
- Colombia 36 harbours
- Costa Rica 24 harbours
- Croatia 207 harbours
- Cuba 47 harbours
- Curaçao 12 harbours
- Cyprus 24 harbours
- Denmark 443 harbours
- Dominica 14 harbours
- Dominican Republic 44 harbours
- Ecuador (Galápagos) 4 harbours
- Egypt 18 harbours
- El Salvador 8 harbours
- Estonia 188 harbours
- Faroe Islands 25 harbours
- Finland 334 harbours
- France 593 harbours
- French Polynesia 97 harbours
- Georgia 1 harbour
- Germany 1,344 harbours
- Gibraltar 3 harbours
- Greece 212 harbours
- Greenland 66 harbours
- Grenada 18 harbours
- Guadeloupe 35 harbours
- Guatemala 23 harbours
- Haiti 8 harbours
- Honduras 49 harbours
- Hungary 88 harbours
- Iceland 60 harbours
- Ireland 152 harbours
- Israel 8 harbours
- Italy 715 harbours
- Jamaica 39 harbours
- Jordan 3 harbours
- Latvia 21 harbours
- Lebanon 7 harbours
- Lithuania 16 harbours
- Luxembourg 1 harbour
- Madagascar 9 harbours
- Malaysia 20 harbours
- Maldives 4 harbours
- Malta 7 harbours
- Martinique 28 harbours
- Mauritius 5 harbours
- Mayotte 2 harbours
- Mexico 133 harbours
- Monaco 3 harbours
- Montenegro 11 harbours
- Montserrat 1 harbour
- Morocco 14 harbours
- Netherlands 711 harbours
- Nicaragua 21 harbours
- North Macedonia 6 harbours
- Northern Cyprus 6 harbours
- Norway 529 harbours
- Panama 63 harbours
- Poland 204 harbours
- Portugal 77 harbours
- Puerto Rico 21 harbours
- Romania 13 harbours
- Réunion 8 harbours
- Saint Barthélemy 3 harbours
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 harbours
- Saint Lucia 13 harbours
- Saint Martin (French part) 5 harbours
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 harbours
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18 harbours
- Serbia 26 harbours
- Seychelles 11 harbours
- Singapore 7 harbours
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9 harbours
- Slovakia 14 harbours
- Slovenia 14 harbours
- Spain 333 harbours
- Sri Lanka 1 harbour
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen 3 harbours
- Sweden 882 harbours
- Switzerland 245 harbours
- Thailand 36 harbours
- Trinidad and Tobago 25 harbours
- Tunisia 49 harbours
- Turkey 129 harbours
- Turks and Caicos 11 harbours
- U.S. Virgin Islands 12 harbours
- United Kingdom 325 harbours
- USA 2,295 harbours
- Venezuela 30 harbours
Inland lakes
- Achensee 2 harbours
- Ammersee 9 harbours
- Attersee 6 harbours
- Balaton 60 harbours
- Berzdorfer See 1 harbour
- Bełdany 9 harbours
- Bielersee 22 harbours
- Big Rideau Lake 4 harbours
- Biggesee 2 harbours
- Bleilochtalsperre 2 harbours
- Bodensee 97 harbours
- Bolsenasee 1 harbour
- Boren 1 harbour
- Bottensjön 2 harbours
- Braccianosee 2 harbours
- Brienzersee 6 harbours
- Buckhorn Lake 3 harbours
- Bärwalder See 1 harbour
- Caldonazzosee 2 harbours
- Caledonian Canal 7 harbours
- Canal du Midi und Canal latéral à la Garonne 46 harbours
- Cayuga Lake 4 harbours
- Champlain Canal 3 harbours
- Chemong Lake 4 harbours
- Chiemsee 16 harbours
- Clear Lake 1 harbour
- Comer See 31 harbours
- Crinan Canal 2 harbours
- Dargin 4 harbours
- Donau 134 harbours
- Dümmer 3 harbours
- Edersee 2 harbours
- Erie Canal 33 harbours
- Fleesensee 2 harbours
- Forggensee 5 harbours
- Forth and Clyde Canal mit Union Canal 8 harbours
- Gardasee 44 harbours
- Geierswalder See 1 harbour
- Geiseltalsee 2 harbours
- Genfer See 77 harbours
- Greifensee 3 harbours
- Großer Brombachsee 3 harbours
- Großer Goitzschesee 3 harbours
- Großer Müggelsee 3 harbours
- Großer Plöner See 5 harbours
- Großer Ratzeburger See 5 harbours
- Großräschener See 1 harbour
- Göta älv, Trollhätte kanal, Vänern, Göta kanal und Vättern 20 harbours
- Hallwilersee 4 harbours
- Idrosee 1 harbour
- Iseosee 5 harbours
- Jagodne 4 harbours
- Jezioro Nidzkie 4 harbours
- Juurusvesi 4 harbours
- Kallavesi 57 harbours
- Kellersee 1 harbour
- Kermajärvi 1 harbour
- Kisajno 5 harbours
- Lac d'Aiguebelette 4 harbours
- Lac d'Annecy 7 harbours
- Lac d'Orient 1 harbour
- Lac de Bort-les-Orgues 1 harbour
- Lac de Hourtin et de Carcans 1 harbour
- Lac de Madine 1 harbour
- Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet 2 harbours
- Lac de Naussac 1 harbour
- Lac de Serre-Ponçon 2 harbours
- Lac de Vassivière 1 harbour
- Lac de Vouglans 3 harbours
- Lac des Deux-Montagnes 10 harbours
- Lac Dollard-des-Ormeaux 3 harbours
- Lac du Barrage de Saint-Étienne-Cantalès 3 harbours
- Lac du Barrage de Sarrans 2 harbours
- Lac du Bourget 12 harbours
- Lac du Der-Chantecoq 2 harbours
- Lac Saint-François 11 harbours
- Lac Saint-Louis 14 harbours
- Lago di Santa Croce 1 harbour
- Lago di Varese 1 harbour
- Lago Maggiore 56 harbours
- Lake Champlain 28 harbours
- Lake Couchiching 4 harbours
- Lake Simcoe 8 harbours
- Lake St. Clair 35 harbours
- Loch Lochy 1 harbour
- Loch Ness 1 harbour
- Lough Derg 16 harbours
- Lough Erne Upper 2 harbours
- Lough Key 2 harbours
- Lough Ree 7 harbours
- Lower Lough Erne 5 harbours
- Luganer See 12 harbours
- Maaninkajärvi 1 harbour
- Main 63 harbours
- Main-Donau-Kanal 13 harbours
- Mamry 7 harbours
- Masurische Seenplatte 29 harbours
- Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Berlin und Brandenburg 528 harbours
- Millstätter See 2 harbours
- Mondsee 2 harbours
- Mosel 42 harbours
- Murtensee 4 harbours
- Mälaren 95 harbours
- Mälaren mit Södertälje kanal und Hammarbyleden 5 harbours
- Möhnesee 5 harbours
- Müritz 13 harbours
- Neuenburgersee 19 harbours
- Neusiedler See 14 harbours
- Niagara River (Buffalo bis Tonawanda) 8 harbours
- Niegocin 10 harbours
- Norfolk Broads 21 harbours
- Oberuckersee 2 harbours
- Ohridsee 4 harbours
- Oneida Lake 6 harbours
- Onondaga Lake 1 harbour
- Opinicon Lake 1 harbour
- Ortasee 1 harbour
- Ossiacher See 2 harbours
- Otonabee River 4 harbours
- Ottawa River 15 harbours
- Partwitzer See 1 harbour
- Pigeon Lake 2 harbours
- Plauer See (Brandenburg an der Havel) 4 harbours
- Plauer See (Mecklenburg) 8 harbours
- Pohjois-Kallavesi 2 harbours
- Prespasee 3 harbours
- Rhein 176 harbours
- Rice Lake 4 harbours
- Richelieu mit dem Canal de Chambly 18 harbours
- Rideau Canal 10 harbours
- Roxen 1 harbour
- Roś 3 harbours
- Ruppiner See 9 harbours
- Ryńskie 3 harbours
- Saimaa 58 harbours
- Saimaa 9 harbours
- Scharmützelsee 12 harbours
- Schlabendorfer See 1 harbour
- Schweriner See (Außensee) 2 harbours
- Schweriner See (Innensee) 11 harbours
- Schwielowsee 3 harbours
- Sedlitzer See 1 harbour
- Selenter See 1 harbour
- Sempachersee 2 harbours
- Seneca Lake 3 harbours
- Senftenberger See 2 harbours
- Shannon, Shannon-Erne Waterway und Lough Erne 48 harbours
- Sihlsee 2 harbours
- Simssee 3 harbours
- St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair und Detroit River 57 harbours
- St. Lawrence Seaway 24 harbours
- St. Marys River mit den Soo Locks 5 harbours
- Staffelsee 1 harbour
- Starnberger See 10 harbours
- Steinhuder Meer 2 harbours
- Stony Lake 6 harbours
- Sturgeon Lake 4 harbours
- Störmthaler See 1 harbour
- Talsperre Quitzdorf 1 harbour
- Talsperre Spremberg 1 harbour
- Tałty 9 harbours
- Tegernsee 4 harbours
- Thunersee 10 harbours
- Tollensesee 1 harbour
- Trasimenischer See 3 harbours
- Traunsee 4 harbours
- Trent-Severn Waterway 6 harbours
- Unnukka 6 harbours
- Unterhavel 9 harbours
- Unteruckersee 1 harbour
- Upper Rideau Lake 1 harbour
- Velencer See 1 harbour
- Vicosee 1 harbour
- Vierwaldstättersee 16 harbours
- Viverone-See 3 harbours
- Vänern 54 harbours
- Vättern 23 harbours
- Völkermarkter Stausee 2 harbours
- Waginger See 2 harbours
- Walensee 5 harbours
- Wallersee 1 harbour
- Werbellinsee 5 harbours
- Wittensee 1 harbour
- Wolfgangsee 4 harbours
- Wolziger See 3 harbours
- Wörthersee 5 harbours
- Zugersee 4 harbours
- Zwenkauer See 1 harbour
- Zwischenahner Meer 5 harbours
- Zürichsee 43 harbours
- Ägerisee 3 harbours
- Étang de Biscarrosse et de Parentis 5 harbours
- Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet 7 harbours
- Étang de Lacanau 1 harbour
- Śniardwy 3 harbours
- Święcajty 11 harbours
Local winds
- Bora falls in gusts from the mountains of the eastern shore and often sets in suddenly; gusts are often twice the mean wind and stronger than the models show, fiercest close inshore near Trieste and in the Kvarner; on the Italian coast it builds high seas across the Adriatic
- Jugo (Adriatic Scirocco) humid and hazy, slowly builds high, long seas along the whole length of the Adriatic and pushes water into the northern Adriatic (flooding in Venice); often rain and poor visibility
- Tramontana cold, dry north-westerly to northerly through the gap in the Pyrenees, strongest at Cap de Creus and in the Gulf of Roses; increases quickly away from the coast, and the sea builds rapidly offshore
- Mistral cold, dry katabatic wind down the Rhône valley with clear visibility, often blows for several days with gusts well above the mean wind; still calm close inshore, but further south offshore wind and waves build quickly
- Maestrale (Mistral) the Mistral reaching Corsica and Sardinia; funnelled and strengthened in the Strait of Bonifacio, high, steep seas on the west coasts
- Tramontana (Balearics) northerly wind, often the tail end of the Mistral and Tramontana; high seas on the north coasts of Mallorca and Menorca, north-facing bays become untenable, shelter on the south coasts
- Libeccio south-westerly with a long fetch over open water, high seas on the Ligurian and Tuscan coasts and off western Corsica; harbours with south-west-facing entrances become difficult
- Gregale north-easterly from the Ionian Sea that builds high seas; feared in harbours and bays open to the north-east, for example on Malta and the east coast of Sicily
- Scirocco warm south-easterly from the Sahara, humid and hazy over the sea, often with dust and poor visibility; high seas on south- and east-facing coasts
- Levante easterly, funnelled and strengthened in the Strait of Gibraltar (often Bft 7 to 8 off Tarifa while it blows only moderately further east); humid air with low cloud over the Rock, short, steep seas against the east-going current
- Poniente westerly, strengthened in the Strait of Gibraltar and often lasting several days in the Alborán Sea
- Meltemi summer northerly of the Aegean under clear skies, strongest in the afternoon and often lasting for days; downdraught gusts in the lee of high islands, acceleration zones between the islands, short, steep seas
- Tehuantepecer northerly gap wind through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, October to April; often rises from calm to gale force within hours under a clear sky, strongest off Salina Cruz and far out to sea, with a short, steep sea; sailors cross the gulf close inshore, where the wind has no fetch
- Papagayo north-easterly to easterly gap wind across Lake Nicaragua, November to April; freshens mostly at night and in the morning, gusting well above the mean wind, and reaches far out to sea; west-facing bays stay calm, a short, steep sea offshore
- Coromuel south-westerly that blows in the evening and at night from the Pacific across the isthmus into the Bahía de La Paz, May to September; often sets in after a calm day and cools the night, anchorages open to the south-west become uncomfortable
- Norte (Gulf of California) northerly in the Gulf of California from November to April, often for several days at 20 to 30 kn; builds a short, steep sea along the length of the gulf, shelter in bays protected to the north
- Maraamu reinforced south-east trade wind from June to September, often for several days at 20 to 30 kn with showers and a high south-easterly swell; in the atoll passes an outgoing current against the wind becomes dangerous, anchorages open to the south-east become untenable