Porta Helena
Potsdam Havel · Germany
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Porta Helena is a harbour in the Potsdam Havel cruising area, Germany. Facilities on site: Toilets, Showers, Slipway, Restaurant, Groceries. The nearest harbour by water is Bootssteg Blütencamping Riegelspitze (1.2 nm). With Sailseer you can plan passages from here with weather from nine models, tides, currents and bridge times.
Harbour info
Water depth: no information
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Location: 52° 21,79' N 012° 54,92' E
Waters: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Berlin und Brandenburg · Lake with no waterway to the sea
From OpenStreetMap (way/28282277).
Facilities
ToiletsShowersSlipwayRestaurantGroceries
10-day outlook
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Strongest wind and gust per day, mean of ECMWF and GFS; from day six only a trend. Hourly forecast, models and warnings on the map
Nearest harbours by water
- Bootssteg Blütencamping Riegelspitze 1.2 nm E · Plan route
- Yachthafen Porta Elisa 1.6 nm SE · Plan route
- Yachthafen Scheunhornweg 2.3 nm NE, via Strengbrücke · Plan route
- Anleger Gäste Fischrestaurante Arielle 2.5 nm NE, via Strengbrücke · Plan route
- Marina im Precise Resort Schwielowsee 2.5 nm E, via Strengbrücke, Brücke (B 1), Baumgartenbrücke · Plan route
- Steganlage ASV Wildpark-West e.V. 2.9 nm NE, via Strengbrücke · Plan route
Bridges and locks nearby
- Strengbrücke Feste Brücke, 5.2 m · 2 km
- Brücke (B 1) Feste Brücke, 5.2 m · 3.2 km
- Baumgartenbrücke Feste Brücke, 7.1 m · 3.2 km
- Eisenbahnbrücke Feste Brücke, 5.2 m · 3.5 km
- Eisenbahnbrücke Werder Feste Brücke, 5 m · 3.6 km
- Brücke (Geltower Chaussee) Feste Brücke, 2 m · 4.5 km
- Eisenbahnbrücke Caputh Feste Brücke, 5.3 m · 4.9 km
- Eisenbahnbrücke Petzinsee Feste Brücke, 4 m · 5.5 km
Harbour guides and charts
- OpenSeaMap Chart with buoys, lights and harbour details
- OpenStreetMap Map with paths, shops and addresses ashore
- Google Maps Satellite view, Street View, opening hours ashore
- Windy Webcams Webcams nearby
- Navily Photos, reviews, prices and berth booking
- noforeignland Anchorages, services and reports from cruising sailors
- Online-Hafenhandbuch esys.org Harbour descriptions, approaches, facilities
- BSH Kartenportal Official charts, notices to mariners, restricted areas
Rules and formalities
- Formalities: Germany
- Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Berlin und Brandenburg
- Waterways in Mecklenburg, Berlin and Brandenburg: The Inland Waterways Regulations (BinSchStrO) apply on the federal waterways. The inland pleasure craft licence (Sportbootführerschein Binnen) is required from 11.03 kW (15 hp) with a combustion engine or 7.5 kW with an electric motor, and under sail from 6 m² of sail area also in Berlin (except Zeuthener See and Dämeritzsee), on the Havel from Pfaueninsel to km 16.4 and on the Nieder Neuendorfer See. A hired boat may be skippered without a licence with a charter certificate after the operator's briefing, only in the areas released for this and with the boat certificate of the waterways and shipping office on board. Fixed bridges are often only 3.5 to 4.5 m high: with the mast up only the lakes are open, on canals and rivers the mast is lowered.
- Elbe, Elbe-Lübeck Canal and Oder: Below Geesthacht the Elbe is a maritime waterway: the German Maritime Waterways Regulations (SeeSchStrO) apply, in the Port of Hamburg also the port traffic regulations. Above Geesthacht, on the Elbe-Lübeck Canal and on the German Oder the Inland Waterways Regulations (BinSchStrO) apply, on the Polish Oder and in Szczecin Polish inland navigation law. With the mast up you get through neither Hamburg nor Lübeck: lower it beforehand.
Frequently asked questions
What facilities does Porta Helena have?
Facilities on site: Toilets, Showers, Slipway, Restaurant, Groceries.
Which harbours are near Porta Helena?
By water: Bootssteg Blütencamping Riegelspitze (1.2 nm), Yachthafen Porta Elisa (1.6 nm), Yachthafen Scheunhornweg (2.3 nm), Anleger Gäste Fischrestaurante Arielle (2.5 nm), Marina im Precise Resort Schwielowsee (2.5 nm), Steganlage ASV Wildpark-West e.V. (2.9 nm).
What is the weather like in Porta Helena?
For Porta Helena, Sailseer shows the 10-day outlook from ECMWF and GFS and, on the map, the hourly forecast from nine models with official warnings and measured wind.
Sources: OpenStreetMap way/28282277, Harbour website, OpenStreetMap (harbour services) (as of 2026-10-01) Location and facilities partly from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).