Long Island Sound (East)Boating Map & Navigation Guide
Long Island Sound (East) boating map and navigation guide (Connecticut and New York). Plan routes with turn-by-turn water routing, 18,907 depth soundings.
What we chart on Long Island Sound (East)
Navigating Long Island Sound (East)
Long Island Sound (East), CT is a coastal waterway in Connecticut and New York, and this page collects what Navi Wake knows about navigating it. The waterway is charted for routing, which means Navi Wake can plan a path across open water that stays off the land and follows the channel instead of drawing a straight line through a peninsula.
We hold 2,552 charted navigation aids on Long Island Sound (East). That breaks down into 476 channel markers, 1,588 marked hazards, 241 lights, and 247 special-purpose markers. We also chart 99 public boat ramps and 156 marinas on the shoreline, mapped separately from the aids above. Depth coverage comes from 18,907 surveyed soundings and 4,131 depth contours, which is what lets the chart shade the shallows.
Ramps and marinas on Long Island Sound (East)
Public boat ramps
99 charted in total. Named ramps include:
- Baldwin Bridge Boat Launch
- Boat Ramp
- Clinton Town Boat Ramp
- Dodge Pond Boat Launch
- East River Boat Launch
- Essex Town Dock
- Four Mile River Boat Launch
- Gorton Pond Boat Launch
- Great Island Boat Launch
- Great Pond DEC Boat Ramp
- Lieutenant River Boat Launch
- Messerschmidt Pond Boat Launch
- Niantic River Boat Launch
- Pattagansett Lake Boat Launch
- Rogers Lake Boat Launch
- Uncas Lake Boat Launch
- Wading River Boat Ramp
- Wintergreen Lake Boat Launch
Marinas
156 charted in total. Named marinas include:
- Between the Bridges Marina
- Brick Cove Marina
- Bruce & Johnson's Marina
- Clinton Town Docks
- Crocker's Boatyard
- Dauntless Shipyard & Marina
- Devon Yacht Club
- Essex Island Marina
- Ferry Point Marina
- Gardiner’s Bay
- Greenport Marina
- Harbor Hill Marina
- Harbour facility
- Hashamomuck Pond Waterway Access
- High Seas Charters
- Island Cove Marina
- Mago Point Marina
- Marker 7 Marina
- Mattituck Creek Waterway Access Site
- Mattituck Yacht Club
- Millstone Power Plant CG Mooring Buoy
- Mooring
- New Suffolk Shipyard at Cutchogue Harbor
- Niantic Bay Boathouse
Frequently asked questions
- Can Navi Wake plan a boat route on Long Island Sound (East)?
- Yes. Long Island Sound (East) has a generated water grid, so Navi Wake plans routes that stay on navigable water, route around land, and follow the channel rather than cutting across it.
- Does Long Island Sound (East) have a depth map?
- Yes. We hold 18,907 depth soundings, 4,131 depth contours, and 3,900 charted depth areas for Long Island Sound (East), which the chart uses to shade shallow water.
- Where can I launch a boat on Long Island Sound (East)?
- Navi Wake charts 99 boat ramps on Long Island Sound (East), including Baldwin Bridge Boat Launch, Boat Ramp, Clinton Town Boat Ramp, Dodge Pond Boat Launch, East River Boat Launch. Each one appears on the interactive chart so you can route to it from the water.
- What marinas are on Long Island Sound (East)?
- We chart 156 marinas on Long Island Sound (East), including Between the Bridges Marina, Brick Cove Marina, Bruce & Johnson's Marina, Clinton Town Docks, Crocker's Boatyard, Dauntless Shipyard & Marina.
- Are there restricted areas on Long Island Sound (East)?
- We hold 477 charted zones on Long Island Sound (East), covering areas such as restricted, caution, and anchorage zones. Always defer to posted signage and current notices to mariners.
- Does Navi Wake show tides for Long Island Sound (East)?
- Yes. Long Island Sound (East) is coastal, so Navi Wake pulls tide predictions for it - which matters because a depth that clears at high tide may not clear at low.
- Is Navi Wake a replacement for official charts on Long Island Sound (East)?
- No. Navi Wake is a planning and situational-awareness tool built from public data sources. It is not a substitute for official NOAA charts, local notices to mariners, a working depth sounder, or your own judgment on the water.
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