Located in the harbor of Castro Urdiales between Punta Cotolino and Santa Ana, 1000 meters at 326º from the former. An excellent landmark is the ensemble of the Castle, lighthouse, and church that stand out prominently in the town center. The port of Castro Urdiales is well protected from winds of the 4th quadrant.
PORT OF CASTRO-URDIALES
Provincia de Cantabria
About this port
Port entrance
Route and approach instructions
The anchorage and headquarters of the RCN Castro Urdiales are in the center of the harbor protected by the 515 m breakwater which, at a heading of 308º, starts from the green beacon that crowns its end to the slipways adjacent to the San Guillén fishing pier, which protects it from the North, and a counter-breakwater known as Muelle de Don Luis Ocharán that starts from the point closing the Brazomar cove, extending about 250 m at 037º and marked with a red beacon at its tip. Between the green and red beacons, there is an entrance open to the SE, 285 m wide with a depth between 10 and 12 m. About 500 m from the start of the counter-breakwater, there is a structure on stilts measuring 22 x 19 m, connected to land by a walkway approximately 55 m long where the Castro Urdiales Nautical Club is located.
Location
- Municipality
- Castro Urdiales
- Province
- Cantabria
- Country
- Spain
- Postal code
- 39700
Contact
- Web
- rcncu.es/
Coordinates
- Latitud
- 43.37833333
- Longitud
- -6.0
The port
- Eco-destination
- Getxo-Uribe Kosta
- Environment
- The municipality of Castro Urdiales is located at the easternmost end of the Cantabria region, forming a trapezoid oriented NW-SE. One third of its borders are shared with the Basque Country (municipalities of Sopuerta, Muskiz, Artzentales, and Trucios-Turtzioz), and the rest with the Cantabrian Sea and the municipalities of Guriezo and Liendo (barely the Oriñón-Sonabia line as a point of contact). The progressive decentralization of some productive activities, as well as the fact that many citizens from Greater Bilbao have settled permanently in Castro-Urdiales, have turned this town into a city mainly focused on services, second homes, weekend and seasonal tourism, leisure, production of auxiliary goods, etc., without forgetting fishing and small industry.