Port of Puerto Morelos
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Puerto Morelos: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 1, 2026, 21:17 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.
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- In port now
- 0
- Arrivals, last 24 h
- 0
- Departures, last 24 h
- 0
- Ships nearby, last 6 h
- 0
Vessels near Puerto Morelos
Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.
No vessels detected near Puerto Morelos in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Harbour & facilities
Harbour particulars for Puerto Morelos from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 15975). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.
- Harbour size
- Very small
- Harbour type
- Open roadstead
- Shelter
- Poor
- Anchorage depth
- 23 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 17 m
- Mean tide
- 1 m
- Max vessel length
- 295 m
- Max vessel beam
- 32 m
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Repairs
- Limited
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.
Not for navigation.
Forecast
Model forecast for Puerto Morelos over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.
| Time (UTC) | Wind (kn) | From | Gusts (kn) | Waves (m) | Period (s) | Visibility (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 129° | 14 | 1.2 | 7 | 24 | |
| 12 | 137° | 21 | 1.4 | 7 | 23 | |
| 12 | 144° | 26 | 1.6 | 7 | 10 | |
| 10 | 137° | 19 | 1.4 | 7 | 17 | |
| 12 | 134° | 22 | 1.4 | 7 | 18 | |
| 10 | 123° | 15 | 1.3 | 7 | 22 | |
| 7 | 135° | 15 | 1.3 | 7 | 22 | |
| 11 | 126° | 20 | 1.2 | 7 | 22 | |
| 9 | 126° | 17 | 1.2 | 7 | 20 | |
| 6 | 107° | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | |
| 8 | 110° | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 15 km away.
Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.
Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.
A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.
Marine conditions near Puerto Morelos
Live wind, waves and water temperature from nearby NOAA buoys and tide gauges — free government data the incumbents charge for.
Weather buoys
Source: NOAA National Data Buoy Center & CO-OPS Tides & Currents — public domain.
Puerto Morelos: global benchmarks
How Puerto Morelos compares with the world's ports, from published statistics. These are the publishers' figures, not Voydar's own measurements.
- Port liner shipping connectivity, 2 2026
- 8.4
- UNCTAD index (100 = the average port in Q1 2023). Up 5% on a year earlier.
- Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Data Hub, port liner shipping connectivity index (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved Sep 24, 2026.
Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby
3 incidents within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since May 31, 1999. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:
- IncidentSep 6, 2021Anchored Ship25 km away
MEXICO: On 6 September, three robbers armed with spear guns boarded a catamaran anchored in the Bay of Punta Nizuc, south of Cancun. Family members were watching a movie with all the lights out at 2130 hours local time when the men appeared in the cockpit and began screaming for money and food. The crew cooperated, giving the masked men money and food items. The robbers tied up both adults and then tied the children nearby. They threatened to throw the children overboard while still tied, but di
- Pirate AssaultMar 1, 2018Vessel32 km away
MEXICO: On 01 March, the U.S. embassy in Mexico issued a travel alert for a popular tourist destination in southeast Mexico, in vicinity 20-38N 087-05W. This came a little more than a week after an explosion on a ferry in Playa del Carmen injured more than 20 people, some of them U.S. citizens. The alert was issued the same day as another explosive device was found on another ferry owned by the same company in Cozumel, another tourist hub in the area. According to the alert, which advised U.S. t
- Pirate AssaultMay 31, 1999Vessel93 km away
The ferry Mexico I, carrying 253 passengers, was attacked at night by a half-dozen hooded pirates brandishing a grenade and firing assault rifles into the air. The ferry was returning from the Caribbean resort isle of Cozumel enroute to Playa del Carmen. The pirates robbed the passengers of money and valuables, threw two security guards overboard (drowning one), and beat a crew member before speeding off in another boat. A 02 June 1999 report states that only money from an armored car aboard the
Source: NGA Anti-Shipping Activity Messages. This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) product, information or data is not approved, authorized or endorsed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director, NGA or any other element of the US Government. The US Government and NGA accept no liability for the accuracy or quality of this reproduction or the use of any NGA, NIMA or DMA products, information or data. Licence: US Government work — "NGA claims no copyright or other intellectual property right".
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