Technical Information
Access by Sea
Approach Beacon
18 metres
Elevation atop
Marina control tower
Range: 19 miles
White Light
0.7s. flash, 9.3s. delay
Period: 10 seconds
Eastern Entry Beacon
14 metres elevation, green and white horizontal stripes
Range: 5 miles
Green Light
1s. flash, 3s. delay
Period: 4 seconds
Western Entry Beacon
14 metres elevation, red and white horizontal stripes
Range: 5 miles
Red Light
1s. flash, 3s. delay
Period: 4 seconds
Nautic miles to Vilamoura Marina, from:
- Lisbon 160 miles
- Madeira 500 miles
- Azores – Ponta Delgada 860 miles
- Horta 918 miles
- Gibraltar 140 miles
- Puerto Banus 190 miles
Communications
Call sign – “Vilamoura Radio”
VHF 9, General and Work Traffic (24 hours, short distance reception outside of office hours = 1 mile from shore)
VHF16, Call & Emergency services
Tel: +351 289 310 560
Depth
Entry Basin: 4 metres
Yacht Basic: 3.3 and 2.0 metres
Location
Marina de Vilamoura
Latitude: 37° 04′ .38N
Longitude: 8° 07′ .31W
Alternate Access
By road on the ‘Via do Infante’ motorway (A22) coming from Lisbon and Seville;
By rail to Loulé;
By air to Faro International Airport (Algarve map)
