Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Sakonnet & Little Compton, RI

The Sakonnet River, on the easterly side of Narragansett Bay, is between the mainland and the eastern shore of Rhode Island. The width of the river varies from 0.7 to 2 miles except at its northern end where a least width of 0.3 mile is found. The river is little used except by fishing vessels and small craft. Sakonnet Light (41°27’11″N., 71°12’09″W.) is on the eastern side of the southern entrance and marks the western end of the foul ground west-southwest of Sakonnet Point.

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The holding ground in the harbor is reported to be poor. A marina on the southwest side of the harbor provides berths, gasoline, diesel fuel, and electricity. In 1981, depths of 6 feet were reported alongside the berths.

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Sakonnet Harbor, a small-boat harbor on the northerly side of Sakonnet Point, about 2 miles northeastward of the entrance lighted whistle buoy, is protected by an 800-foot breakwater extending in a northerly and easterly direction from Breakwater Point. A light marks the outer end. In 2001, the harbor had a controlling depth of 6.7 feet except for shoaling to 4.8 feet along the southern edge and 1.5 feet along the NW edge.