Horta - Clearance

Clearance in Horta

For full details on clearing into and out of the Azores see Azores Formalities.

International Clearance

All formalities may be completed with the marina office building, which also houses customs and immigration.

• As you approach Faial and before entering the harbor, make contact with the marina on VHF Ch. 16 (or in Horta Ch. 09). They can provide you with anchoring instructions during working hours.
• You may be asked to berth alongside the reception quay (3.5m water depth at low tide) - space permitting. As you pass through the breakwater entrance turn to port and follow the breakwater on your starboard side to the end. To starboard is a two-story white building (fuel pumps can easily be seen at its Northern end). This is the "reception dock."
• The marina office is open 0800-1200, 1300-2000 (seven days a week in the high season April to June).
• The offices of Immigration, maritime police, Customs (Alfandega) and Guarda Nacional Republicana are next to the marina office in the same building. The marina staff will inform the captain of the order in which these officials must be visited, both on arrival and at departure.
• The marina office will assign a berth once clearance is completed.
• Yachts arriving after office hours should wait at the reception quay until the next morning.

Last updated:  April 2025

Maritime Police - Horta