Port of Basco
In short
Basco: no ships detected in port from AIS in the last 3 days (as of Oct 3, 2026, 05:23 UTC). Coverage depends on AIS reception in the area.
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- In port now
- 0
- Arrivals, last 24 h
- 0
- Departures, last 24 h
- 0
- Ships nearby, last 6 h
- 0
Vessels near Basco
Ships Voydar received on AIS near the port in the last 6 hours, most recent first. Being near a port is not a port call; the board above lists calls.
No vessels detected near Basco in the last 6 hours. As our AIS coverage grows, arrivals and departures will appear here live.
Harbour & facilities
Harbour particulars for Basco from the NGA World Port Index (WPI port no. 57970). Depths in metres as charted by NGA.
- Harbour size
- Very small
- Harbour type
- Coastal (natural)
- Shelter
- Fair
- Channel depth
- 11 m
- Anchorage depth
- 23 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 3 m
- Mean tide
- 2 m
- Pilotage compulsory
- No
- First port of entry
- No
- Repairs
- Emergency only
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub. 150). Licence: US Government public domain.
Not for navigation.
Forecast
Model forecast for Basco over the next 72 hours, every 6 hours: wind, gusts, waves and visibility. Times in UTC.
| Time (UTC) | Wind (kn) | From | Gusts (kn) | Waves (m) | Period (s) | Visibility (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 62° | 18 | 0.8 | 5 | 24 | |
| 8 | 37° | 11 | 0.9 | 6 | 24 | |
| 10 | 48° | 14 | 1 | 8 | 16 | |
| 10 | 46° | 14 | 1 | 8 | 24 | |
| 9 | 49° | 12 | 1 | 8 | 24 | |
| 9 | 49° | 12 | 1 | 8 | 24 | |
| 8 | 44° | 15 | 1.1 | 10 | 24 | |
| 8 | 36° | 11 | 1.1 | 11 | 17 | |
| 9 | 38° | 12 | 1.2 | 11 | 24 | |
| 13 | 29° | 18 | 1.3 | 10 | 24 |
Forecast: ECMWF IFS 0.25° + ECMWF WAM, run of Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 UTC. Visibility: NOAA GFS 0.25° + GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III), run of Oct 3, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Waves are taken from the wave model's nearest sea point, 7 km away.
Source: ECMWF open data (IFS 0.25° forecasts, ECMWF WAM waves). This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Source: www.ecmwf.int. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 + ECMWF Terms of Use.
Source: NOAA GFS 0.25° and GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III) forecasts. Forecast: NOAA NCEP GFS / GFS-Wave (WAVEWATCH III). Licence: US Government work (public domain); NOAA Open Data Dissemination.
A model forecast, not an observation. Not for navigation.
Piracy and anti-shipping incidents nearby
1 incident within 100 km of the port in NGA's Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM) archive since Apr 11, 1995. NGA stopped updating the archive in 2024. The most recent:
- Pirate AssaultApr 11, 1995Merchant Vessel91 km away
South China Sea Following reported to BIMCO: The report involved a loaded Liberian flagged gas carrier en route from Chiba, Japan to Kerteh, Malaysia. On 11 April 1995 at 2100 hrs in position 19 42 N Lat, 121 37 E Long, in the Balintang Channel, two motorboats of about 15 metres in length approached the vessel at high speed. As the motorboats were spotted the crew was alerted, the ship's searchlights were illuminated and flares were fired. At the same time the ship increased her speed to maximum
Source: NGA Anti-Shipping Activity Messages. This reproduction, partial or complete, of any National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) or Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) product, information or data is not approved, authorized or endorsed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director, NGA or any other element of the US Government. The US Government and NGA accept no liability for the accuracy or quality of this reproduction or the use of any NGA, NIMA or DMA products, information or data. Licence: US Government work — "NGA claims no copyright or other intellectual property right".
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