The harbour is located on the south side of the Tay estuary, opposite Broughty Castle and close to Dundee. The Tay is highly tidal and although well-buoyed, care should be taken as there are many sandbanks outside the channel.
Tayport harbour entrance is marked by a fairway buoy at the edge of deep water approximately 100 m from the harbour wall. Leading marks are given by two dayglo yellow triangles - one on the slipway wall and one set back on a pole, on a bearing of 185 degrees true. The entrance walls are painted white on either side to make then easier to see. The East wall, the roundhead, is marked with a red and white striped pole which is lit by a red flashing light at night Fl R 5s (fl 1.0s, ec 4.0s). The West and inner wall is marked with a green and white pole which is lit by a green flashing light at night Fl G 5s (fl 1.0s, ec 4.0s).
The harbour is accessible approx. 4hrs either side of high water, the entrance is at chart datum and the harbour starts to dry at about 0.4m below chart datum (in 2017) into soft mud which all keels settle into with no problems.
Contact for visitors berths is:- phil.tayportharbour@gmail.com and 07434 826 536