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Aquia Harbor Marina

1415 Washington Drive
Stafford, VA 22554

Lat / Lon: N 38° 27.458' / W 077° 22.978'
Hours: 8am-5pm Tuesday-Sunday
Phone: (540) 659-4232; Marina Manager
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.aquiaharbour.org/marina

Review for Aquia Harbor Marina

Reviewed by: Carolyn Westbay on Aug 30, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 36'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 5

With Hurricane Debby heading our way we started looking for a safe place to duck into. Got a great tip about a marina WAY up Aquia Creek, so far up I hadn't even seen it on our charts.

Let me get the bad part out of the way, it is shallow, we saw 3.8 feet in the creek just before high tide, just one spot, soft bottom and they are getting it dredged. The bay coming in was 6.5 to 7 feet in some places, but if you can manage the depth, and getting under a 26' fixed RR bridge, Aquia Harbor Marina is a great place to stay. Our 3.5 foot did just fine, saw 4.5 foot boats that make it in and out, and the marina makes it worth the trip up Aquia Creek.

First off, only $1 a foot, plus $5 for 30 amp, $10 for 50 amp a day. Access to clean showers and pool, free pump put, gas and diesel on site, but didn't get rates. The floating docks are in great shape. All the big box stores are a short Uber away, or you can have Walmart and fast food delivered. Easy access to DC, Reagan National or Dulles airport. Dock masters Craig and Dave were very helpful, and have their own boats in the marina. The other boaters were very welcoming with suggestions of things to do and see, offers of rides, ideas for dinghy rides, being hailed "hello" on our way out and photos of us on the creek relayed to us via the marina.

The trip up Aquia Creek is like a mini nature cruise through the marshes, and then continues to be a nature lovers dream as the marina is in the middle of the marsh. Osprey, blue herons, bald eagles, egrets, heron rookery, beavers, and the tallest lily pad flowers I have ever seen. Following the winding creek in I had thoughts of heading to OZ , "follow the wet and green road, follow the wet and green road," but after being there a week I started to feel it was more like Brigadoon as everyone in the marina asked "how did you manage to find our marina?"

It was a very secure, well protected, perfect place to ride out what little impact we had from Hurricane Debbie. In four years of cruising, 23 states visited by boat, this is one of the friendliest places we have visited.

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