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Portage Cove Harbor Launch Ramp
Boat ramp · on Portage Cove · near Haines · Alaska
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Fee charged
- Ramp lanes
- 2
- Docks
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Car parking
- Vehicle and trailer parking near ramp.
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Season
- Year-round
- Tidal
- Yes
- Website
- hainesalaska.gov
- Coordinates
- 59.23453, -135.44056
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Alaska District; the one nearest this launch is of May 24, 2021). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Tide predictions at Haines Inlet · NOAA, 0.4 mi away
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone PKZ012, Northern Lynn Canal. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Tides
Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Haines Inlet station, 0.4 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.
| Mon Oct 19 | Low 1:47 am 4.3 ft · High 9:12 am 11.9 ft · Low 2:46 pm 7.5 ft · High 8:17 pm 12.6 ft |
|---|---|
| Tue Oct 20 | Low 3:09 am 4.0 ft · High 10:08 am 12.9 ft · Low 3:57 pm 6.2 ft · High 9:35 pm 13.2 ft |
| Wed Oct 21 | Low 4:08 am 3.2 ft · High 10:47 am 14.2 ft · Low 4:47 pm 4.5 ft · High 10:35 pm 14.1 ft |
| Thu Oct 22 | Low 4:54 am 2.5 ft · High 11:19 am 15.5 ft · Low 5:28 pm 2.6 ft · High 11:24 pm 15.1 ft |
| Fri Oct 23 | Low 5:33 am 1.8 ft · High 11:50 am 16.8 ft · Low 6:05 pm 0.7 ft |
| Sat Oct 24 | High 12:08 am 16.1 ft · Low 6:10 am 1.4 ft · High 12:20 pm 18.0 ft · Low 6:42 pm -0.9 ft |
| Sun Oct 25 | High 12:51 am 16.8 ft · Low 6:47 am 1.2 ft · High 12:52 pm 19.1 ft · Low 7:19 pm -2.3 ft |
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Haines Harbor
Condition survey of May 24, 2021 by the Alaska District. Least depth in the channel (Entrance Channel): 13.5 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); project depth 15 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Portage Cove
Bay in Alaska. All launches on Portage Cove.
Community
Where people who use Portage Cove talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Lutak Inlet Launch Ramp · 3.5 mi · Lutak Inlet
- Letnikof Cove Launch Ramp · 4.5 mi · Chilkat Inlet
- Chilkat State Park Launch Ramp · 6.6 mi · Chilkat Inlet
- Chilkoot Lake Launch Ramp · 8.3 mi · Chilkoot Lake
- 14 Mile Haines Hwy Ramp · 12.4 mi
- Skagway Small Boat Harbor Launch Ramp · 15.5 mi · Pullen Creek
Sources
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sport Fishing Launch Ramps record 7d21dd45-9515-4f04-8bd8-7e8b56ad98d4 · ADF&G terms: cite ADF&G as the source, describe modifications, no implied ADF&G approval (ArcGIS item ba8a66bc4ab3423499ff80053e2e9a51)
- OpenStreetMap w195130195 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Alaska Department of Fish and Game Sport Fishing Launch Ramps. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.