Chalkdock Point is a headland within Chichester Harbour, which is situated on the south coast of England. It offers a secluded anchorage downstream of Itchenor that can be considered the administrative centre of the harbour.
Chalkdock Point is a headland within Chichester Harbour, which is situated on the south coast of England. It offers a secluded anchorage downstream of Itchenor that can be considered the administrative centre of the harbour.
Set within the estuaries’ channels it offers good protection in most conditions. However it is exposed to a large body of water from the west where in strong winds it becomes uncomfortable. Chichester Harbour's channels are well marked making access straightforward in most conditions, day or night and at most stages of the tide.
This tool can be used to estimate future costal tidal streams for this area. All that is required are two simple steps:
Step 1: What is the Dover High Water for the target date?
Use a current Dover Tide Table to find Dover High Water for the target date. The National Oceanography Centre offers online tidal predictions for up to 28 days from today. Click here to open their tide table for Dover
Step 2: Input the target date's Dover High Water
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Taking a mean tidal offset from Dover's tide, we expect your targetted date's associated local tide at Chalkdock Point to be:
High waters: Low waters:
Data based on an average tide is only accurate to within one hour, if you more precise times are required use the ISA tidal predictions, with Itchenor offset -01:00.
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What are the key points of the approach?
Offshore details are available in the westbound or eastbound sequenced 'Selsey Bill to Start Point' coastal description. Use the Itchenor entry for the approaches to Chichester Harbour and directions for Chichester Channel.
Not what you need?
Click the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons to progress through neighbouring havens in a coastal 'clockwise' or 'anti-clockwise' sequence. Below are the ten nearest havens to Chalkdock Point for your convenience.
Ten nearest havens by straight line charted distance and bearing:
Chalkdock Point is situated in the northeast section of Chichester Harbour. It is located about a two and a half miles up the Chichester Channel, that stretches north-westward up through the harbour, and can be found half a mile west of Itchenor. It is one of the harbour’s three recognised anchorages, furthermost in but most convenient to Itchenor.
Chalkdock Point along with the other anchorages of East Head and Pilsey Island , accessible by branching off in the Thorney Channel, are all accessed from Chichester Channel that is detailed, along with approaches to Chichester Harbour, in the Itchenor entry.
Chichester Harbour's sheltered and drying channels are almost entirely occupied by private moorings. Vessels should not anchor in or near established mooring grounds for fear of fouling existing ground tackle. Vessels anchored in Chichester Harbour should not be left unattended for long periods and must display a black ball along with an anchor light at night. Swimming off the boat is dangerous here because of the strong tides within the channel.
Follow the Chichester Channel until the Chalkdock Light Beacon pile is passed to starboard. After passing the beacon the channel turns eastward passing north of Chalkdock Point, where the line of the blackthorn hedge pulls back less than half a mile east. It marks the southern side of the channel continue eastward following the south side of the channel.
Anchor about 200 metres out from the shore, anywhere south of a line from the Chalkdock Light beacon to the Fairway Light-buoy situated 1200 metres to the east.
Land at the Itchenor Jetty, just over half a mile up channel, which is available to tenders at all states of the tide.
Currents run strong here so a reliable outboard will be required to make the run on a foul stream.
It is possible to come alongside the jetty for a short period. The outer face of the jetty has a depth of approximately 2 metres at mean low water springs. Visitors should restrict themselves to the first two lengths of pontoon only, as the remaining pontoon is allocated as permanent berths. However the pontoon is only a set down area with a waiting limit maximum of 20 minutes. This is due to the level of congestion and the necessity of maintaining access for the emergency services. Penalties can be applied by the harbour master for each hour's overstay.
Why visit here?
Chalkdock Point’s immediate shoreline is made up of saltings dissected by shallow channels. This makes it suitable only for its wealth of birdlife to explore, and impractical for a tender.
Within the Point there is the small Chalkdock Marsh area of wetland that lies between a coastal footpath and Park Copse. Although the site is relatively small and lacks a variety of species, it has marsh-mallow scattered throughout that makes it an important conservancy site. It is also an important wildlife area that is home to a wide variety of birds. These include the Shelduck, Brent Geese, Farlington, Teal, Pintail and Shoveler and it also contains the harbour’s highest densities of Widgeon and Black-tailed Godwit.
The best way to explore the point and its surrounds is to land up channel at the Itchenor jetty. From there the wonderful ‘Itchenor Circular walk’ takes a visitor along a pathway that encircles western Itchenor’s coastline including Chalkdock Point. This walk may be picked up by taking the pathway, on the right, close to the foot of the Itchenor jetty. Pass across the face of both boatyards to pick up the pathway along the south side of the channel.
The very easy flat walk is 6km in total. It sets out as a shoreline path and returns to Itchenor through farmland and then the road. During its course it provides splendid views of the harbour and passes some of Itchenor’s very attractive housing including historic buildings such as Itchenor’s St. Nicholas' Church that dates back to 1175.
From a purely sailing point of view Chalkdock Point provides an excellent anchorage close to Itchenor. Likewise, as anchoring is prohibited east and north of Fairway Light-buoy, in Itchenor Reach and Bosham Channel, Chalkdock Point provides a useful tide wait location for vessels proceeding up channel.
What facilities are available?
Chalkdock Point has no facilities, but adjacent Itchenor which is convenient from this anchorage has two boatyards which can cater for most sailing requirements.
Any security concerns?
Never an issue known to have occurred to a vessel anchored off Chalkdock Point.
With thanks to:
Phil Walker Deputy Harbour Master. Photography by Michael Harpur.
About Chalkdock Point
Chalkdock Point’s immediate shoreline is made up of saltings dissected by shallow channels. This makes it suitable only for its wealth of birdlife to explore, and impractical for a tender.
Within the Point there is the small Chalkdock Marsh area of wetland that lies between a coastal footpath and Park Copse. Although the site is relatively small and lacks a variety of species, it has marsh-mallow scattered throughout that makes it an important conservancy site. It is also an important wildlife area that is home to a wide variety of birds. These include the Shelduck, Brent Geese, Farlington, Teal, Pintail and Shoveler and it also contains the harbour’s highest densities of Widgeon and Black-tailed Godwit.
The best way to explore the point and its surrounds is to land up channel at the Itchenor jetty. From there the wonderful ‘Itchenor Circular walk’ takes a visitor along a pathway that encircles western Itchenor’s coastline including Chalkdock Point. This walk may be picked up by taking the pathway, on the right, close to the foot of the Itchenor jetty. Pass across the face of both boatyards to pick up the pathway along the south side of the channel.
The very easy flat walk is 6km in total. It sets out as a shoreline path and returns to Itchenor through farmland and then the road. During its course it provides splendid views of the harbour and passes some of Itchenor’s very attractive housing including historic buildings such as Itchenor’s St. Nicholas' Church that dates back to 1175.
From a purely sailing point of view Chalkdock Point provides an excellent anchorage close to Itchenor. Likewise, as anchoring is prohibited east and north of Fairway Light-buoy, in Itchenor Reach and Bosham Channel, Chalkdock Point provides a useful tide wait location for vessels proceeding up channel.
Other options in this area
Click the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons to progress through neighbouring havens in a coastal 'clockwise' or 'anti-clockwise' sequence. Alternatively here are the ten nearest havens available in picture view:
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entry for the approaches to Chichester Harbour and directions for Chichester Channel.
Follow the Chichester Channel until the Chalkdock Light Beacon pile is passed to starboard. After passing the beacon the channel turns eastward passing north of Chalkdock Point, where the line of the blackthorn hedge pulls back less than half a mile east. It marks the southern side of the channel continue eastward following the south side of the channel. 
A photograph is worth a thousand words. We are always looking for bright sunny photographs that show this haven and its identifiable features at its best. If you have some images that we could use please upload them here. All we need to know is how you would like to be credited for your work and a brief description of the image if it is not readily apparent. If you would like us to add a hyperlink from the image that goes back to your site please include the desired link and we will be delighted to that for you.