Welcome to Roche Harbor, San Juan Island, WA

Roche Harbor is one of the most popular destination in the San Juan Islands for boaters cruising the Salish Sea. While you can anchor out, the marina has plenty of transient slips and can handle vessels up to 200 ft. 30, 50 and 100-amp power is available as well as complimentary Wi-Fi, a fuel dock with diesel and ethanol free gasoline, and pump out.

Roche Harbor is 2025’s Best Harbor for the Pacific region. Photo: Shutterstock, Cascade Creatives

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Roche Harbor Resort and Marina

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A large resort is on the E side of Roche Harbor. The resort operates a wharf with shed, floats with berths for over 450 craft, including over 150 transient berths, a hotel, cabins, a general store, and restaurant. Electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, a launching ramp, pump-out station, and marine supplies are available.

A customs office is on the N side of the main dock. Two to three customs officers are here full time in the summer and on call from Friday Harbor in the winter to inspect visiting Canadian yachts.

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Roche Harbor has its main entrance between the N end of Henry Island and the W end of Pearl Island, which is marked by a light. Sandspits covered 17 and 18 feet extend into the channel from the islands on each side of the entrance. Entrance to the harbor can also be made from the S through Mosquito Pass between Henry Island and Bazalgette Point. The harbor has depths of 4 to 9 fathoms. It affords good anchorage and in the summer is used extensively by yachts. The harbormaster can be contacted on VHF-FM channel 78A.

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