Cobourg Marina Review

Our home port with plenty of things to see and do within the city of Cobourg.

A. Cobourg Marina Office and the Cobourg Yacht Club.
B. Fuel and pump out
C. “The wall” visiting boats can dock here, or can be assigned a slip
D. Anchor
E. Boat launch ramp
F. Coast Guard

The Cobourg Marina is run by the city of Cobourg and is a great place to keep your boat, or to visit during your journey along the North shore of Lake Ontario. The marina, despite my grumblings on how they’ve dealt with rising water levels, is well run and has decent facilities.

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/BUJiEEWqQ8b2MdHk9
Website:  https://www.cobourg.ca/en/Marina.aspx 
Phone: 905-372-2397
Email: cobourgmarina@cobourg.ca 
VHF Channel: 68

Cobourg Marina Facilities

The facilities at the main office include:

public and boater only washrooms with showers (they have an interesting technique for maintaining, there are two separate bathrooms they flip back and forth between while cleaning)
laundry, wash and dryer ($1.25)
vending machine
ice
fish cleaning station
coffee cart with free coffee and tea most mornings at 10am

Cobourg keeps an unusually high percentage of slips open for transients. I’ve also seen people anchor in the harbour, but I believe there’s a $15/night fee and you need to check in with the marina.

Things to visit / see around Cobourg

Cobourg Beach
A nice boardwalk and trails West of marina
Favourite coffee is at the Rustic Bean. South side of King Street.
Dean Marine has to be one of the smallest, but one of my favourite marina shops.
The Buttermilk Cafe for breakfast
The LCBO is only a block away
Harbourlight Delights is popular for ice cream
Millstone Bread is a great place for fresh bread
Freakan Rican’s Tacos, Fries and Frozen Treats is a chip truck right on the beach
Shoppers Drug Mart is the closest place to get some groceries. For a full grocery store, you will need to go to No Frill’s, an eight block walk (1.5 km or 1 mile).
Jim’s Pizza Palace is a local pizza shop with handmade crusts, and they will deliver to the dock