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Dock & Dine in Marina del Rey
Every published dock-and-dine dock in Marina del Rey is a tender dock. Sixty feet is the harbour maximum and twelve is the norm.
The County publishes the rules, and they are worth reading before you set out.
| Dock | Published rule |
|---|---|
| A waterfront restaurant's dinghy dock | "60' max length. First come, first served. Two-hour time limit, free." |
| A landing on the main channel | "Channel Side: authorized boat charters only. Seawall Side: dinghy dock, 12' max length. 8 a.m.–11 p.m. only. Four-hour limit. Free." |
| A marina's dock-and-shop | "2-hour time limit from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Free. No overnight mooring allowed." |
Note the second one carefully: the channel face is closed to private boats entirely.
Those terms are LA County's rather than the restaurants' own, so confirm hours with the venue when you book — the waterfront here trades on the view rather than on guest dockage.
Practically: a 50-foot boat cannot tie up at a restaurant in Marina del Rey.
The real answer is the County's, and it is a good one. The Burton Chace Park guest docks sit on the main channel a short walk from the restaurant row — $1.25 per foot per night, or free for four hours — with restrooms, showers, Wi-Fi and a dog run. First come, first served, no reservations taken, and vessels over 50 feet should contact park staff before mooring.
Berth at Chace Park and walk. That is the arrangement this harbour actually supports.
The chart below runs the harbour rather than a restaurant row — the entrance and its shoal buoys, the eight basins, the big-boat inventory at 45.5 to 86 feet, and the guest docks that are the only public transient dockage in the marina.
The stops, as their own docks describe them
| Spot | Where | Arriving by boat |
|---|---|---|
| The 60-foot dinghy dockThe largest published dock-and-dine dock in the harbour, and the terms are LA County's: 60 ft, first come, first served, two hours, free. The restaurant itself trades on the view — "located on the waterfront" with "waterfront dining with marina views" — so confirm hours with them when you book. | Marina del Rey waterfront | "60' max length. First come, first served. Two-hour time limit, free." |
| The 12-foot seawall dockNote the first half: the channel face is closed to private boats entirely. Twelve feet is the norm for a Marina del Rey dining dock, not the exception — which means a 50-foot boat cannot tie up at a restaurant anywhere in this harbour. | Main Channel | "Channel Side: authorized boat charters only. Seawall Side: dinghy dock, 12' max length. 8 a.m.–11 p.m. only. Four-hour limit. Free." |
| Dock & Shop, Pier 44A daytime tender dock on the County's published terms — two hours, free, and nothing overnight. | Basin area | "2-hour time limit from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Free. No overnight mooring allowed." |
| The waterfront restaurantsArriving by boat here is a tender job. The dock rules above are LA County's rather than the venues' own, so confirm hours when you book. The practical answer is Burton Chace Park — $1.25 per foot per night, or free for four hours, a short walk from the restaurant row. | Marina del Rey | Berth at Burton Chace Park and walk |
Dockage notes are what each restaurant publishes on its own site — space is first-come and dinner-hour rafting is real, so hail ahead. Where a venue states nothing about docking, we say so rather than guess.
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