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Monterey Harbor: rules for vendors and boat owners

What Monterey Harbor publishes for marine service providers and for boat owners, quoted from the operator's own pages and documents. Each rule shows its source and the date we last read it.

By the DockDash teamLast reviewed How we research
A crowded marina of sailboats and small powerboats under a clear blue sky

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At a glance

Run by
City of Monterey (Harbor and Marina division) (city)
Region
Central California
Rules last checked
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Rules for service providers

Monterey Harbor doesn't publish vendor rules that we could find.

Rules for boat owners

Slip fees

FY27 monthly slip fees from the City's Master Fee Schedule, e.g. 25-ft slip $334, 30-ft $405, 40-ft $512, 50-ft $684. Rates are adjusted every July 1 by the Bay Area cost-of-living index.

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Living aboard

Marina slips: the City says additional fees apply for liveaboard privileges (amount not published). Outer-harbor moorings: liveaboard $101.50 per quarter.

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Marinas these rules cover

Private marinas and yacht clubs inside a public harbor can add their own vendor rules on top of the harbor's. Ask the marina office too.

What we looked for and didn't find

  • A vendor or contractor permit: none on the City's marina pages.
  • City Code chapter 17 (reported to bar swimming and diving except by permit): the code site blocked access, so we couldn't confirm it. Ask the harbor office before diving.
  • Pump-out and copper rules.

“Not found” means it isn't in the public pages we read, not that no rule exists.

Next steps

Sources

  1. City of Monterey. Master Fee Schedule FY2026/27 (2026). Accessed November 11, 2026
  2. City of Monterey. Harbor and marina rules, rates and facts. Accessed November 11, 2026