Hayling Island, United Kingdom port and ships, live

The nearest harbour to Hayling Island is Portsmouth Harbour, 5.6 mi from the centre.

  • 31ships near the port
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31 ships on the map within 6 mi of Portsmouth Harbour, 9 under way.

Tugs / Service 13, Passenger / Ferries 9, Military / Law 3, Sailing / Leisure 2 and Tankers 1

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The harbour

The Index rates Portsmouth Harbour a medium-sized coastal harbour behind tide gates. It lists yards for major repairs and a dry dock there. Its entrance channel is at least 9.4 m deep. Portsmouth, 6.2 mi away, is one of the major ports the map marks.

Harbours within 6 mi

What the live map can see

In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 100 different ships within 6 mi of Portsmouth Harbour, one of the best-covered harbours on the map.

Good to know

  • NGA’s World Port Index rates a harbour by its area, facilities and wharf space when it was last surveyed, not by its traffic, so a busy terminal can be rated small. Where it doesn’t know about a facility it says so, and only what it marks as there is listed here.
  • AIS is heard by receivers on shore, so coverage follows where they are: ships far out at sea, or off coasts without one, don’t show. Warships and some others switch it off, and a ship’s type and destination are typed in by its crew.
  • Harbours from NGA’s World Port Index (Pub. 150), downloaded on Oct 19, 2026. The major ports and chokepoints are the map’s own reference list.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Live ship tracker, Shipping chokepoints

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