Coffs Harbour Regional Boat Ramp, Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour Regional Boat Ramp: Located on Jordan Esplanade on the southern side of Jetty Beach within a protected basin in Coffs Harbour, this facility features a widened, six-lane concrete configuration. The launching lanes are supported by landside drive-through de-rigging bays aligned precisely to the lanes to streamline high-volume traffic. Marine-side boarding and staging are assisted by three distinct pontoons, which include a 15-metre extension of the main staging pontoon alongside two southern pontoons measuring up to 40 metres in length, all secured by driven piles. Operationally, the basin is highly vulnerable to severe water-level surges, north-easterly swells entering the harbour, and seiching—a phenomenon where standing waves oscillate back and forth, historically causing severe damage and washing vessels onto adjacent entrance rocks. Continuous sand migration into the basin and channel results in rapid shoaling, necessitating an extensive ten-year maintenance dredging programme to maintain a navigable channel depth of -2.5 metres AHD.