Rodney Bay Marina is an official point of entry and St. Lucia's largest yacht marina. IGY publishes 253 berths, including 32 megayacht berths, capacity for yachts up to 86.8 m and on-site Customs and Immigration.
Rodney Bay combines an official point of entry with a large full-service marina, so the local issues are less about finding the authorities and more about getting the reporting, berth, Port Health and border formalities aligned to the same arrival window.
IGY lists Customs and Immigration on site and, in its current visitor information, gives weekday office hours of 08:30–13:00 and 14:00–16:00. Those hours are operator-published rather than an official government timetable. IGY also asks after-hours arrivals to contact the marina office, which does not itself guarantee authority attendance.
Rodney Bay publishes 253 total berths, 32 megayacht berths, maximum LOA 86.8 m, maximum draft 3.9 m and maximum beam 18.3 m. Large-yacht clearance planning should therefore be tied to confirmed berth availability and dimensions.
On-site Customs and Immigration do not remove the national requirements for advance vessel information and pratique. A local agent can coordinate those requirements with the marina arrival rather than treating the berth booking and government clearance as separate workflows.
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Rodney Bay combines a major marina berth with Customs and Immigration on site, while St. Lucia's national advance-reporting and Port Health rules still apply.
Passenger and crew data, vessel details, route and relevant cargo information fall under the national advance-reporting framework, including the separate report inward. Rodney Bay uses VHF 16 and publishes limits of 86.8 m LOA, 3.9 m draft and 18.3 m beam, so berth and clearance timing should be coordinated together.
Port Health pratique is required before normal shore communication. IGY lists Customs and Immigration at the marina, allowing the core border formalities to be coordinated on site while official clearance decisions remain with the competent authorities.
Rodney Bay publishes a high-speed fuel dock, provisioning, waste services and a full-service boatyard with a 75-ton travelift. Any fuel, repairs or provisioning can be aligned with the clearance call, and international departure still requires the applicable outward reporting and Customs and Immigration formalities.
Rodney Bay is an official point of entry and IGY publishes Customs and Immigration facilities on site. The marina setting makes clearance operationally convenient but does not create an exemption from national rules.
Berth confirmation and marina access do not themselves complete the yacht’s international-arrival formalities. St. Lucia’s Customs and Port Health framework still applies.
Customs law requires advance passenger and cargo information through the proper officer, normally at least 24 hours before arrival from a non-CARICOM country and one hour from a CARICOM member state. Short-voyage alternatives may be set by Customs.
The Customs framework separately requires the vessel’s report inward 24 hours before arrival. This is distinct from the advance passenger and cargo data submission.
St. Lucia’s seaport regulations require an international arrival to await pratique before shore communication. Rodney Bay’s full-service marina and on-site border offices do not remove that health-clearance layer.
SailClear can be used as an optional electronic pre-arrival service where supported. It does not replace IMPACS reporting, the separate Customs report inward, or formal Port Health, Customs and Immigration clearance.
Yes. SLASPA lists Rodney Bay Marina among St. Lucia's smaller points of entry, and IGY publishes Customs and Immigration facilities on site. It is one of the island's main yacht-marina clearance locations.
IGY currently publishes 253 total berths and 32 megayacht berths, with maximum LOA of 285 ft / 86.8 m, maximum draft of 13 ft / 3.9 m and maximum beam of 60 ft / 18.3 m. Actual berth availability still needs to be confirmed for the dates and yacht dimensions.
Yes. IGY lists both services on site. Its current visitor information—not an official government timetable—lists weekday office hours of 08:30–13:00 and 14:00–16:00. IGY advises after-hours arrivals to contact the marina office, but that does not itself confirm after-hours authority attendance.
No. The convenience of on-site Customs and Immigration does not remove St. Lucia's national pratique requirement. A vessel arriving from abroad must still satisfy the Port Health requirement before shore communication and formal border clearance.
The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority lists Rodney Bay as offering duty-free fuel, and IGY publishes a high-speed fuel dock. Fuel timing can be coordinated with the berth and clearance plan when relevant to the voyage.
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