Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Glen Cove, Hempstead Harbor, NY

Glen Cove is a city on Glen Cove Creek, about 1 mile back from the eastern shore of the bay. The breakwater extends 500 yards west-southwestward from Glen Cove Landing and is marked at its end by a light. The anchorage behind the breakwater is known as Glen Cove Harbor, the depths ranging from 18 to 22 feet behind its outer half and 7 to 9 feet near shore.

Glen Cove Creek, 0.6 mile southward of the breakwater, has a dredged channel from Mosquito Cove to the head. In 2010, the midchannel controlling depth was 7.5 feet with shoaling to 0.5 foot in the last 0.25 mile. An overhead power cable near the head has a clearance of 65 feet. The entrance is buoyed.

There are several small-craft facilities in Glen Cove Creek.

Hempstead Harbor, 4 miles wide at the entrance between Matinecock Point and Prospect Point, is free from dangers if the shores, between the entrance and Mosquito Cove, are given a berth of 0.3 mile. It is much used by vessels seeking shelter in any but strong northerly winds and affords excellent anchorage with good holding ground. Vessels can anchor in any part of the harbor according to draft and direction of wind. A good anchorage for vessels drawing less than 20 feet is just inside a line from Mott Point to the breakwater at Glen Cove Landing. Small vessels can anchor behind the breakwater. Vessels should avoid anchoring in the pipeline area between Glenwood Landing and Bar Beach. On the western shore above and below Bar Beach are large sand and gravel plants. On the eastern shore are several villages.