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South Channel Boat Launch

This is a public boat ramp on the South Channel near Grand Haven, Michigan, run by Hoffmaster SP.

Aerial view of the finger docks and moored boats along the waterfront walk, September 2022
Aerial view of the finger docks and moored boats along the waterfront walk, September 2022 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

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
Car parking
70 spaces
Managed by
Hoffmaster SP
Coordinates
43.06691, -86.23390

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Detroit District; the one nearest this launch is of March 26, 2026). Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • Slow, no-wake speed · a zone at or next to this launch rule

From the boating rules map of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone LMZ847, Grand Haven to Whitehall MI. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Grand Haven Harbor · 0.1 mi from this launch
    Hydrographic survey of March 26, 2026 by the Detroit District. Least depth in the channel (Grand Haven Channel): 5.1 ft below Low Water Datum; project depth 21 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 South Channel

River in Michigan. All launches on South Channel.

Community

Where people who use South Channel talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Great Lakes Commission Boat Access Sites (compilation, public and private). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.