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Gladstone Harbour & Marina

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Ship port · VTS · Gladstone Marina · fuel · rampsLast checked: 27 October 2026Report a correction

Gladstone is a big, busy industrial port, and NGA calls Port Curtis one of the safest and roomiest anchorages on the Queensland coast. For a yacht it's a good place to refuel, restock and wait out a blow, with a big marina in Auckland Inlet right by town. The catch is the shipping: LNG and coal ships use the channels, Gladstone VTS runs the show, and the banks are big. Keep out of the way and you'll be fine.

Map of Gladstone Harbour with markers for Gladstone Marina and its ramp, the Goondoon Street ramp, the Heron Island ferry terminal and the Calliope River ramp.
Gladstone. Navy: marina; green: ramps; purple: ferry terminal. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Positions are approximate and for orientation only. Not a chart. Not for navigation.
  1. 1Gladstone Marina ramp · TMR GL89, 5 lanes, pontoon.
  2. 2Heron Island ferry terminal · OSM.
  3. 3Goondoon Street ramp · TMR GL81.

At a glance
What it is Major ship port with a marina in Auckland Inlet
Entrance South Channel, between East Banks and Jenny Lind Bank (NGA)
Tides Mean spring rise 3.8 m, neap 3 m; streams 2 to 3 knots (NGA)
Radio Gladstone VTS on VHF 13
Marina Gladstone Marina (Gladstone Ports Corporation): about 320 vessels, fuel, slipway
Map age MSQ G-2 and the marina enlargement current to 4 April 2022; the harbour sheets to November 2018

Getting here

⚠ Call marine rescue before you cross. Bar conditions change quickly and our notes can't keep up. Before crossing, contact MRQ Gladstone (Marine Rescue Gladstone) for current bar conditions, and log on before you cross and off once you're through.
  • Log on/off: phone (07) 4972 3333 or mobile 0417 681 921. MRQ says it monitors VHF 82 and 16, crewed 6:30 am to 6 pm daily, with a 24-hour watch run with Gladstone VTS
  • Emergency: VHF 16 or Triple Zero (000)

This is a ship port with a VTS, not a surf bar. Log on with MRQ Gladstone and keep a listening watch for Gladstone VTS on VHF 13.

Contacts checked on the unit's official website on 19 October 2026: www.mrq.qld.gov.au/rescue-units/mrq-gladstone.

The way in. NGA says the port is entered through South Channel, between the south end of East Banks and Jenny Lind Bank. Streams in the entrance and between South Trees Point and Auckland Point run 2 to 3 knots, and NGA notes the wind can change both the set and the rate a lot. Coming up from Pancake Creek, Jenny Lind Bank and Seal Rocks are the things to give room.

Ships. Most of the harbour is a ship navigation area, and MSQ's G sheets say so in big letters. Listen on VHF 13 for Gladstone VTS, keep clear of ships in the channels, and use the small-craft routes on MSQ's small craft navigation map (linked in the map box above). ⚠ 355/2026 (24 June 2026): pilot boarding ground and prohibited anchorage changes. ⚠ 405(T)/2026 (23 July 2026): amended port navigation depths.

Old depths. MSQ warns that depth contours in most of the harbour haven't been resurveyed since the 2011 and 2013 floods. Trust the chart and your sounder, not the colours on the map.

Berths and anchoring

  • Gladstone Marina. In Auckland Inlet, run by Gladstone Ports Corporation. GPC says it takes about 320 vessels on floating berths, fixed wharf and pontoon moorings, with visitor and transient berths. Book through GPC (link below). MSQ's marina enlargement shows the fuel berth, slipway, toilets and marina office.
  • Anchoring. Port Curtis has lots of room, but stay out of the channels and any prohibited anchorage in notice 355/2026.
  • Boyne River. MSQ's Boyne enlargement warns that the entrance channel needs care to keep enough water under the keel.

Facilities

  • Fuel. GPC's 2026 marina guide says recreational fuel at the marina comes through a marina tenant, with commercial fuel from another.
  • Services. GPC lists power and water at berths, showers and toilets, pump-out, laundry and dry docking for boats up to three tonnes.
  • Ramps. The Gladstone Marina ramp (5 lanes, pontoon) and Goondoon Street ramp are both on the TMR list, with the Calliope River ramp further west.
  • Ferries. The Heron Island and Curtis Island ferries leave from near the marina.

Rules in brief

  • Port. Gladstone pilotage area. Ships over 50 m take pilots (NGA). Small craft keep clear of the channels and listen on VHF 13.
  • Works. ⚠ 518(T), 501(T) and 495(T) of 2026 cover Pelican Banks, Boyne Smelter piling and an unlit Golding Cutting lead. ⚠ 552(T)/2026 (20 October 2026): pipeline maintenance with divers in upper South Trees Inlet, about 23°57.110'S 151°18.755'E, from 21 October to 10 November 2026; the pipeline is marked with a lit buoy, so keep clear of the divers. Check the Gladstone list for what's live when you arrive.

Ashore

What's within about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km) of each marina, ramp or landing on this page, measured along streets and footpaths in OpenStreetMap. Addresses are from OpenStreetMap where it has one; where it doesn't, we show the name and distance only. ⚠ As at 18 October 2026: we haven't confirmed each place is still trading, so check before you walk.

From Goondoon Street ramp (boat ramp / dinghy landing)

NameTypeWalkStreet address (OSM)
Bars, pubs and clubs
Reef HotelPub1.1 km–
Restaurants and cafes
McDonald'sTakeaway990 m–
The DockCafe1.1 km–
Entertainment
Lady Nelson FountainAttraction810 m–
Gladstone Entertainment Convention CentreTheatre1.1 km56 Goondoon Street

From Gladstone Marina ramp (boat ramp / dinghy landing)

NameTypeWalkStreet address (OSM)
Entertainment
Spinnaker MonumentAttraction1.1 km–

No marine stores or chandlers are mapped in OpenStreetMap within the walk; see the Facilities section above for marine businesses we know of.

Places, types, addresses and walking distances: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), fetched 18 October 2026.

About this page

These are free planning notes written by a working delivery skipper from public sources. They are not for navigation. Use the official chart, current MSQ notices to mariners, official tide tables and local advice. Spotted something out of date? Please use Report a correction below.

Official links

Check these before you go. They beat anything on this page.

Sources & credits

Written in our own words from MSQ Beacon to Beacon Gladstone sheets G-2 (current to 4 April 2022), G-3 and G-4 (22 November 2018) and enlargements A Gladstone Marina (4 April 2022) and B Boyne River (22 November 2018) (read 19 October 2026; each MSQ sheet carries its own 'information current to' date, quoted on the page), NGA Pub. 127 Sailing Directions (Enroute) East Coast of Australia and New Zealand (2025), the MSQ notices-to-mariners listings on publications.qld.gov.au (notices named on the page read in full on 19 October 2026; notice lists rechecked 27 October 2026), the Queensland Government (TMR) recreational boating facilities list (fetched 19 October 2026), Marine Rescue Queensland unit pages (checked 19 October 2026), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority zoning pages (linked, not reproduced) and OpenStreetMap. NGA Pub. 127 para 5.46. Gladstone Ports Corporation marina pages and its 2026 marina guide (fact only). MSQ Gladstone notices 405(T), 355, 354, 518(T), 501(T), 495(T) of 2026 and 470(T)/2025 identified by title and date on 19 October 2026; 552(T)/2026 read in full on 27 October 2026.

Maritime Safety Queensland. Contains Maritime Safety Queensland data (Beacon to Beacon guide, notices to mariners, nav-aid open data, port procedures maps, tide information) © State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Facts restated and summarised in our own words. Not endorsed by MSQ or TMR.

Queensland legislation. Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016 and Transport Infrastructure (Waterways Management) Regulation 2012 © State of Queensland, CC BY 4.0. Summarised; the authorised versions at legislation.qld.gov.au prevail.

NGA. Background from NGA Pub. 127, Sailing Directions (Enroute) East Coast of Australia and New Zealand (2025), U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a US Government work in the public domain. Parts of it are out of date; where a page leans on it, we say so. Not endorsed by NGA.

OpenStreetMap. Map tiles and some facility positions © OpenStreetMap contributors, data available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Others. Facts from local authority pages and notices (for example the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Queensland Parks and Defence notices), volunteer marine rescue sites and businesses' own websites are cited for fact only and restated in our own words. Listing a business is not an endorsement.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Zoning maps and plans of management are linked, not reproduced; the official maps and the zoning plan prevail.

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Last checked: 27 October 2026.

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