Altona Boat Ramp and Safe Harbour

Altona Boat Ramp and Safe Harbour is located on Altona Road in Seaholme within Altona Bay in North West Port Phillip. The facility features six concrete launching lanes with a safe boat harbor basin capable of sheltering between 70 and 100 boats depending on size. The primary operational hazard is severe sand shoaling at the dredged channel entrance caused by dynamic coastal wind and current patterns, which requires annual maintenance dredging starting in early May. Navigational guidance is assisted by a reinstated Starboard Lateral Mark Pile Light (37° 52.028' S, 144° 51.028' E) at the channel entrance. The site is equipped with public toilets, a shaded fish cleaning area, lighting, and a paved car-and-trailer parking capacity of 105 spaces that are free for trailer-attached vehicles, although passenger cars must pay parking fees, and no wash-down facilities are provided.