Redwood City

Redwood City, California port and ships, live

Redwood City’s own harbour is 3.7 mi from the centre.

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The harbour

The Index rates Redwood City a very small river harbour. Its entrance channel is at least 7.9 m deep.

Harbours within 6 mi

  • Redwood City3.7 mi from the centreVery small harbour

What the live map can see

In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard 12 different ships within 6 mi of Redwood City.

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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