Albany, Australia

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Albany, Western Australia (Port of Entry)

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	35°1.534′S, 117°53.23′E
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Cruising the region

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Charts

Australian Hydrographic Service

Aus110 - Australia South Coast - Western Australia - King George Sound

Radio Nets

• See Western Australia
• Also see World Cruiser's Nets

Local Volunteer Sea Rescue "Albany Sea Rescue Squad" keeps a 24/7 listening watch on VHF channel 16 and 82. The base is manned every Saturday and Sunday from 0800 to 1700 hrs and at other times VHF is monitored from home-bases. The premises are at Emu Point. They have 2 high speed RIB Naids, and one 10 mt Steber craft with 2 Cat diesel engines.

Channel #82 (repeater) is used commonly for non-emergency traffic, including as 'call' channel. This group has an HF radio but is not monitored. Range of VHF reception is about from Cheyne's Beach in the East to Denmark in the West. Call sign is "VMR610". 'VMR' stands for: Volunteer Marine Rescue.

Local Weather

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Approach and Navigation

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Offshore Islands and Groups

• Michaelmas Island: deep water all way round 30-60 metres, although there is small patch on the North side (between it and the main land, that large ships anchor at times, in water 15-20 metres deep
• Breaksea Island: this has a light house on it, deep water all way around, 30-60 metres
• Mistaken Island, hmmmm, only with very good local knowledge you can sail around it, very shallow channel on the West side, some rocks ("Two Sisters") on the East side, where seas are nearly always breaking
• Eclipse Island: Lighthouse is no longer in use (de-commissioned approx in 2000)
• Green Islands: indeed there are 2 islands named as such. One in King George Sound with clear deep water all round, 20-40 metres of water. The other Green Island is in Oyster Harbour with shallow water around it, sea weed over rocky ground, in 0.5 to 2 metres of water. One would not like to get on this island, or downwind from it, due to the awful bird-poo smell. Thousands of seagulls, pelicans and other birds breed here.

Then there some "rocks" in King George Sound: Gull rock, Rock Dunder and Flat Rock.

None of the above islands and rocks can be accessed easily, no beaches; large swell with rocky coast makes it quite dangerous. In fact most islands are nature reserves anyway. Rock Dunder, in particular, can throw enormous plumes of foamy white water into the air, when there is a swell coming in from the South.

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

Anchorages

No real safe winter anchorages in King George Sound or close to Albany, except maybe in Oyster Harbour

• Frenchmen's Bay offers good anchorages when it is blowing from the south or West, in front of the old whale station coordinates tba and further West in Frenchmen Bay itself coordinates tba , where there is a spring that always provides fresh water, flowing from the rocks in the bush onto the beach. Captain Vancouver used that in year tba . Water is 0.5 to 10 metres. Bottom is seaweed over sand. Stay approx 300 metres from the beach as it becomes very shallow. Good access to the beach. 13 km to nearest shop, 25 Km to Albany via road

• Middleton Beach: coordinates tba , no protection from the summer Easterlies, very rolly in a swell (and there is nearly always a swell) sandy bottom with some seaweed, reasonable access to the beach, coffeshops, cafes and restaurants on the beach front, 3 km to Albany via road

• Johnson's Cove, inside Oyster Harbour, coordinates: tba , in 3 metres of water, bottom seaweed over sand, anchoring is prohibited but there are 3 public moorings for boats up to 15 metres, very well protected from the Easterlies that blow from November to March. Approach in the dark is not recommended, approach is via a channel, not marked. A long (and often wet)1 Nm dinghy ride to the Emu Point Marina. 6 Km to Albany city centre via road.

• Oyster Harbour: coordinates tba to the N and NW of the Emu Point Marina, in waters 3-5 metres, bottom is seaweed over sand/mud. Good protection in winter from Westerlies, 0.5 Nm to Emu Point Marina.

• Inside Princess Royal Harbour. Coordinates tba , directly West of the town marina, in the lee of the groynes, good protection in summer from East and North in waters 3-4 metres, sea weed over sand. Not good in winter storms. Close to town, 50-100 metres in dinghy, 300 metres walk into town.

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