Navigation

Port of Hvide Sande is located at the position North Sea 56°00,0'N 8°07,8'E. Sea chart no. 99, 93.

The entrance to Port of Hvide Sande faces directly towards the North Sea and is protected by two jetties. The water depth at the entrance is up to 7 meters at the lighthouse line.

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The entrance is marked with light lines:

• White: Iso. 2s, course 61°
• Red: Iso. 4s, course 77.8°

You can navigate the harbor both day and night.

The difference between mean high water and mean low water is 0.6 meters.

The maximum allowed speed in the harbor basins is 3 knots.

The navigation conditions to the harbor are good and stable for most of the year.

The harbor is always ice-free regardless of frost degrees due to the current through the sluice to Ringkøbing Fjord.

Contact

For further information, you are welcome to contact us.

Harbor and day watch
+45 97 31 16 33

Tug masters: 

Allan Bareuther
+45 40 38 80 86

Hvide Sande Supply
+ 45 72 30 10 22

Find our rules for navigation, charts, etc.

Watch a simulation of installation vessel arriving at Hvide Sande Harbor

Port of Hvide Sande consists of the following harbor sections

Three harbor sections west of the sluices

• West Harbor
• South Harbor with two basins
• North Harbor

East of the sluices in Ringkøbing Fjord there are two harbor sections

• East Harbor
• German Harbor

Depths in the basins

• West Harbor: 7 meters
• Quay 11: 7 meters
• North Harbor: 7 and 4 meters
• South Harbor: 7 and 3.5 meters

Pilot

The pilot service at Port of Hvide Sande is provided by DanPilot.

Vessels, whose masters are not familiar with the conditions, can take a pilot or beforehand request information from the harbor watch regarding the current conditions before arrival or departure.

DanPilot, The Pilots of Denmark

Phone +45 63 25 66 66 (24/7)

Fax +45 63 25 66 49

Email: danpilot@danpilot.dk

Website: www.danpilot.dk

Supervision of vessels

Vessels must be equipped with fenders.

If vessels that are not registered in the harbor are left, it must be communicated to the harbor watch who is supervising the vessel.

Arrival documents and charts can be found under documents

Charts and documents

Speed

The maximum allowed speed in the harbor basins is 3 knots.

Depths in the entrance and in the harbor basins

The depths in the entrance and in the harbor basins may, due to siltation, deviate from our information, the official sea charts, and navigational handbooks' stated depths.

The stated depths will be sought maintained during dredging.

Port of Hvide Sande will, to the greatest extent possible, inform about changes in navigation conditions. Our users and customers are encouraged to always stay informed about the current conditions by contacting the harbor watch.