Mandurah Ocean Marina in Mandurah

LOCATION & WATERWAY

Mandurah Ocean Marina location and waterway

Mandurah Ocean Marina is listed by YouSail in Mandurah, WA, in the Peel region, on Indian Ocean (Peel Inlet entrance). This helps you place it on a shortlist, but it does not confirm a suitable berth or a safe approach for your vessel.

Use the marinas in Western Australia guide to compare the waterway context. Ask the operator for berth-specific dimensions and arrival advice.

YOUSAIL SOURCE PROFILE

Verified source notes for Mandurah Ocean Marina

Central Mandurah marina precinct with berthing, fuel, pump-out and nearby marine-service support.

Mandurah Ocean Marina is a key Peel-region boating base with access to the canals, Peel-Harvey waterways and local coast. The listing should be used for marina berthing and shoreside services in Mandurah.

This is the factual YouSail directory layer used as the primary reference for the Find Marinas review above.

WHAT YOUSAIL RECORDS

Mandurah Ocean Marina berth dimensions and facilities

YouSail classification?The category published on the source profile; confirm what services are operating today.

full-service marina

Water body

Indian Ocean (Peel Inlet entrance)

YouSail region

Peel

Berth types?A source-level summary, not confirmation that a particular berth type is currently available.

wet pens

Wet berths?A marina-wide figure where supplied; it does not indicate vacancies.

405

Maximum vessel length?A marina-wide limit where supplied, not the dimensions of an available berth.

20 m

Boatyard

Recorded as present

Pump-out

Recorded as present

Showers

Recorded as present

Fuel

Recorded as 24/7

Laundry

Recorded as available

Chandlery

Recorded as available

Dry stack

Recorded as available

Security

Recorded as available

A marina-wide maximum is not an available-berth offer. Unlisted facts are unknown, not absent. Values and services can change.

Y O U S A I L / PUBLIC PROFILE

Facilities recorded for Mandurah Ocean Marina

YouSail’s public profile lists the following items. Some may be rules or arrangements rather than services; ask the operator what applies today.

• berthing
• fuel
• pump-out
• boat ramp
• marine trades

These are YouSail-sourced notes, not a live availability feed or a Find Marinas endorsement.

SERVICES IN DEPTH

Berthing and marina services

North Harbour's 313 recreational floating pens run from 8 to 20 metres, each berth served by an electricity, water and lighting bollard, with secure gatehouse entry, security patrols and a pen-holder amenities block with toilets, showers and laundry. The 36 commercial pens, from 10 to 20 metres, have the same berth services plus coded gate entry, oil recycling facilities and a sullage pump-out. South Harbour's 18 pens are all 10-metre recreational berths with security patrols, while Mary Street Lagoon holds 58 recreational pens of 8 to 10 metres. Pen licences are administered by the city, fees are published annually and waiting lists apply to popular sizes. The working end of the marina is North Harbour's marine business cluster: boat lifters and stackers provide haul-out and dry storage, and the precinct hosts a chandlery, shipwright, vessel and engine repairs, marine electronics, a trimmer and upholsterer, and boat brokers, with fuel and sullage pumps available to boat users. A public boat ramp serves trailer boats, and the marina administration office sells fenders and boating power cords alongside handling pen hire. The harbour also concentrates the region's marine agencies: Mandurah Sea Rescue, the Water Police, and the marine arms of the Department of Transport and fisheries authorities all operate from the precinct, which makes the marina something of a nerve centre for Peel region boating. Fishing is prohibited from the pens and marina facilities, a rule the council enforces with signage. Taken together, the arrangement lets an owner berth, fuel, pump out, haul, repair, insure and sell a boat without leaving the harbour, which is precisely why pen waiting lists persist despite Mandurah's sprawl of canal moorings.

• Dry storage: Yes (boat lifters and stackers at North Harbour)

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

Planning a visit to Indian Ocean (Peel Inlet entrance)

The marina sits at the seaward end of the Mandurah Estuary entrance channel, the cut through the northern end of the Peel Inlet that connects the whole Peel-Harvey system to the ocean. Skippers heading out pass the city foreshore to starboard and the North Harbour breakwater to port; the entrance is well marked but the channel is shallow in patches, the ebb can run hard, and bar-like conditions develop when swell meets an outgoing tide, so timing the tide is standard practice for deeper boats. Inside, the Peel-Harvey estuary offers more than 130 square kilometres of shallow sheltered boating: the Serpentine and Murray rivers wind inland, blue swimmer crabs fill the shallows from late spring and the annual Crab Fest celebrates the catch, and the Dawesville Cut four kilometres south provides a second, deeper ocean entrance completed in 1994. Bottlenose dolphins work the entrance and canals daily, and the council asks boaters to report distressed animals to the volunteer dolphin rescue group. Provisioning could hardly be easier: Dolphin Quay's market and eateries sit beside the pens, the city centre is a short walk over the footbridge, and marine trades are on site. Visitors should note the estuary's speed limits, the crabbing crowds in January, and the winter storms that close out the entrance; the marina itself is snug behind the breakwater in any weather. Perth is about an hour north by freeway, and the railway makes crew logistics simple. For yachts working the coast, Mandurah is a useful refuge between Fremantle and Bunbury, though entry in heavy westerly weather is best left to local knowledge; waiting offshore for the tide to turn is the conservative call, and Sea Rescue monitors the standard channels for arriving boats.

Use current charts, forecasts, warnings and the operator’s latest arrival instructions before navigating.

YOUSAIL MEDIA

Mandurah Ocean Marina gallery

Images are supplied through the YouSail record. Satellite views are orientation aids only and must not be used for navigation.

BEFORE YOU BOOK

Questions to ask Mandurah Ocean Marina before booking

1. Is a berth currently available for my vessel’s exact length, beam and loaded draft at Mandurah Ocean Marina?
2. What are the current approach and depth conditions for Indian Ocean (Peel Inlet entrance)?
3. Which of the listed berth arrangements (wet pens) is available for my stay?
4. Which fuel grades are available, when is the fuel berth open, and can my vessel access it?
5. What lift or slipway capacity, hardstand terms and contractor rules apply to my vessel?
6. What is the full cost, including utilities, deposits and cancellation terms?

PLAN WITH CURRENT INFORMATION

Navigation and arrival checks for Mandurah Ocean Marina

Directory details are for discovery. For a passage, use current official charts, weather, warnings and Notices to Mariners for the exact waterway. Confirm the marina’s latest entry procedure directly; advice here can be wrong.