Marine Exchange of Alaska

Built - 2002
2 approach trestle - 420'x290' Face 465'
Northwest (USCG) berth 240' face

Face & bresting, mooring dolphins provides for mooring vessels up to 800' LOA.
Depth at face MLLW 40ft Height of deck MLLW 32ft

The Pioneer Dock sits on 184 30-inch diameter steel piles. Piles along the face of the dock are 150 feet long and can support 200 tons each. The deck area of the structure is more than one acre in size (44,300 square feet). Over 5,000 cubic yards of concrete were incorporated into the project. The dock will sustain an ice load 10 inches thick, 200 psi on the outboard piles. The dolphins can sustain a line pull of 70 tons. The dock was designed to berth an 850-foot cruise ship.

NNW of Homer Breakwater Light 2 and marked by private lights, A 150-ton mobile crane, 40-ton forklift are available from local firms.
East Face- 324ft
Inside Berth/Berth 2 - 220ft
Tressle Berth (South Side) - 120ft
Mooring dolphins - 2 at South end,
1 at north end
Mooring buoys - 1 at each end, beyond dolphins
Total berthing space:
774' (with dolphins)

820ft+(with dolphins and buoys)
Depth at face 40ft (MLLW)
Height of deck 28ft (MLLW)

Nearly 500 Ft of vessel tie-up with 8 self operated heavy duty hoists or cranes to meet your every need. Available for your use at any time.

Ice Making/Holding Facility with 200 tons of ice storage and 100 tons/day of producing capability. We can accommodate your every need. Additional processor ice making capabilities combine to make this the largest ice producing fishing port on the west coast.

Ice Delivered to dispensing locations, auger or pneumatic, from 2 dispensing locations at a 30 ton/hour delivery rate.
24 Hour Roving Patrols. We can be contacted via the Port of Homer, the Harbormaster or the Fish Dock. We monitor CB Channel 17 and VHF Channel 16.

High Mast Lighting insures 24 hour a day visibility.

Built - 1983 Face - 383ft
Sides - 50ft (vessels can berth on sides)
Depth at face 20ft (MLLW) Height of Dock 31ft (MLLW)
Cranes: 6 each 2.5 ton, 2 each 5 ton, electric-hydraulic

Homer Small-Boat Harbor, protected by a breakwater, is just NW of the City Pier. A light on the outer end of the breakwater marks the entrance. A dredged channel leads between the breakwaters to the beginning of the piers at the SE end, thence turns NW to separate the basin in half.

The basins on either side of the entrance channel are maintained by local interests. In September 1994, the controlling depth in the entrance channel was 16 feet (19 feet at midchannel) in the entrance channel to the beginning of the piers, thence 14 feet. In 1989, there were depths of 14 to 20 feet in the SE part of the basin and in November 1989, 10 to 15 feet in the NW part with lesser depths toward the SW edge.

The harbor has 920 reserved moorage, plus a additional 6800 lineal feet of transient moorage; the harbormaster assigns berths. The harbormaster's office monitors VHF-FM channel 16; channels 10 and 68 are used as working frequencies.

During the summer this basin is very crowded. Electricity is available on some floats, and gasoline, diesel fuel, and water are available at a floating fuel pier at the SE end of the basin. A 100-foot steel grid, a 152-foot wood grid, and a launching & barge ramp are also available. The basin is owned and operated by the city.

920 reserved slips
Additional 6800 lineal feet of transient moorage
Electricity available on some floats
100ft steal grid
152ft wood grid
5 lane load & launch ramp
Barge ramp
48.7 acre boat basin
water depths ranging from 22ft (MLLW) to 15ft (MLLW)