08:30 CEST from Salerno. 3 hours after sunrise (05:32 CEST), after the rest day at Salerno.
Arrive
About 17:56 CEST at Marina di Camerota. In the early evening, with about 2 hours 35 minutes of daylight in hand (sunset 20:31 CEST).
Tides
Range about 0.3 m: no practical effect
Wind
Sea breezes; Capo Palinuro accelerates any wind
Boat
35 to 38 ft sailing yacht, 1.9 m draught, 6 kn under sail, 5.5 kn under engine
Crew
Skipper and 3 crew, 2 watches of 2
Track and waypoints 1 to 4, with ports of refuge as squares.
Go or no-go
Decide at 07:30 CEST. Go only if all of these hold:
No wind above force 5: Capo Palinuro adds a force.
Marina di Camerota berth confirmed.
Visibility 2 nm or more.
If the weather is wrong, stay at Salerno. Agropoli and Palinuro are on the way.
Route and waypoints
Waypoints are planning positions in open water, checked against a 1:10m coastline to be at least 1.5 nm off land except at the harbour ends. Distances and courses are calculated from them. Plot every one on the current chart before use. Courses are true.
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Waypoint
Latitude
Longitude
Course
Leg nm
Total nm
ETA
Notes
0
Marina d'Arechi
40°38.7′N
014°48.6′E
08:30 CEST
Depart.
1
Arechi approach
40°38.0′N
014°48.5′E
189°T
0.7
0.7
08:41 CEST
Out to the south.
2
West of Punta Licosa
40°14.5′N
014°48.5′E
180°T
23.5
24.3
12:36 CEST
West of the Castellabate zone B off Licosa.
3
Off Capo Palinuro
40°00.5′N
015°15.5′E
124°T
25.0
49.2
16:46 CEST
1.5 nm off the cape.
4
Camerota approach
39°59.8′N
015°22.5′E
097°T
5.4
54.6
17:51 CEST
South of the harbour. Check on the chart
5
Marina di Camerota
40°00.0′N
015°22.7′E
037°T
0.3
54.9
17:56 CEST
Position approximate. Check on the chart
Tides and time
Salerno · Sat 26 Jun · CEST (UTC+2)
HW
02:26
0.3 m
LW
08:38
0.1 m
HW
14:43
0.2 m
LW
20:33
0.1 m
Marina di Camerota · Sat 26 Jun · CEST (UTC+2)
HW
02:30
0.3 m
LW
08:42
0.1 m
HW
14:42
0.2 m
LW
20:36
0.1 m
From the Palinuro station.
Saturday 26 June 2027. Tides. The range here is 0.1 to 0.3 m: tides make no practical difference. Wind and air pressure move the sea level more than the tide does.
Marina di Camerota uses the Palinuro station.
Tide times are predictions made for this plan from the TICON-4 harmonic constants (DGFI-TUM) with the Neaps tide predictor, because the official 2027 tables were not yet published when it was written. Tested against the official APDL table for Leixões on 23 July 2026, the predicted times were within 8 minutes and the heights 0.1 to 0.2 m lower. Heights are above lowest astronomical tide. Check every time against the official 2027 table before sailing.
Daylight. Sunrise at Salerno 05:32 CEST. Sunset at Marina di Camerota 20:31 CEST.
Weather
Capo Palinuro. Wind and sea build off the cape, especially in a north-westerly.
The Cilento coast has few harbours and is open to the south-west.
Forecasts to check
Italian forecasts: Aeronautica Militare Meteomar and gale warnings (avviso di burrasca), meteoam.it. Forecast area Tirreno centrale, then Tirreno meridionale. Zone names and issue times: Check the pilot book
NAVTEX Roma: 518 kHz, station R. Cagliari: station T. Augusta: station V, further south. Check the times on the receiver.
Italian coast radio VHF weather broadcasts: Check the pilot book
Hazards
Santa Maria di Castellabate marine protected area. Zone B off Punta Tresino (40°18.6'N to 40°20.7'N, 14°54.9'E to 14°57.2'E) and off Punta Licosa (40°13.8'N to 40°15.8'N, 14°50.5'E to 14°56.2'E). Buoy fields at Licosa, €45 per day; boats must leave the buoys above Beaufort 2. The route passes west of the Licosa zone.
Marina di Camerota harbour. Berths, depths and VHF could not be checked. Check the pilot book
Fishing gear close in along the Cilento coast.
Ports of refuge
Port
From the route
Use it when
Notes
Salerno
Start
Within the first hour
Marina d'Arechi.
Agropoli
8 nm east of waypoint 2
Weather turns
Check the pilot book
Palinuro
North of the cape
Emergency
Small harbour. Check the pilot book
Pilotage
Leaving Marina d'Arechi
Leave the marina and head south across the gulf for Punta Licosa.
Entering Marina di Camerota
Round Capo Palinuro 1.5 nm off and head east.
Call the harbour for a berth. VHF and phone: Check the pilot book
Lights on the way
Punta Licosa
Fl(2) 10s
Agropoli
Fl(2) 6s
Capo Palinuro
Fl(3) 15s, 206 m, 25 M
Communications
Marina d'Arechi
VHF 74 · +39 089 2788801
Marina di Camerota harbour
Check on the chart
Emergency at sea, Italy (Guardia Costiera)
VHF 16, DSC 70 · 1530
Emergency on land
112
Contingencies
Wind rising off Palinuro. Stop at Palinuro or turn back to Agropoli.
Person overboard. Shout, point, throw the danger buoy, press MOB, DSC distress alert, Mayday on 16.
Before leaving
Forecasts read and logged before the go or no-go time
Italian notices to mariners (Avvisi ai naviganti) checked for the route
Waypoints entered and checked against the chart
Ship's log started in UTC
Crew briefing: route, watches, safety gear, MOB, fog
Marina di Camerota berth booked
Fuel for 10 hours under engine, plus a reserve
Water, food and hot drinks for 11 hours
Lifejackets with crotch straps, jackstays rigged, harnesses
Liferaft, grab bag, flares in date, handheld VHF
Radar, AIS and navigation lights tested
Passports, boat papers and insurance aboard
Sources
Castellabate and Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta: Parco Nazionale del Cilento (zoning, buoy fields, tariffs).
Lights in Italy: Wikipedia, List of lighthouses in Italy (characteristics, heights, ranges); check against the Italian Navy list of lights (Elenco dei fari).
Italian harbour ordinances (Capitanerie di porto) could not be read for this plan: guardiacostiera.gov.it was unreachable. Check the pilot book
Tides: predictions from TICON-4 harmonic constants (Hart-Davis, Dettmering and Seitz, DGFI-TUM, 2025, doi 10.17882/109129) with Neaps (openwaters.io). Check against the Instituto Hidrográfico 2027 tables.
Sunrise and sunset: calculated (NOAA method).
Lights: The Lighthouse Directory (Rowlett), ibiblio.org/lighthouse, Portugal pages revised August 2024. Cross-check with the IH List of Lights, volume I.