Marina service
Martha Cove Marina (d'Albora)
About
Martha Cove Marina (d'Albora) at a glance
262-berth marina in the protected Martha Cove harbour at Safety Beach with berths from 10m to 30m for mono and multihull vessels, offered on leases up to 99 years. Fuel dock (diesel & PULP), boardwalk cafes and an adjacent d'Albora boatyard with travel lift.
Service area: Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne)
- Marina type
- full-service marina
- Operator
- d'Albora Marinas
- Region
- Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne)
- Water body
- Martha Cove, Port Phillip Bay
- Wet berths
- 262
- Maximum vessel
- 30 m
- Berth types
- casual berthing, permanent berthing
Facilities and services
- fuel
- travel lift
- hardstand
- repairs & maintenance
- 24/7 security
- power & water
- showers & laundry
- restaurant/cafe
- ice
- 70t travel lift (8m wide)
- 10t marine forklift
- enclosed dry stack to 35ft
- refit repair sheds
- work berths
- trailer storage
- public boat ramp
- ice sales
- Martha's Table restaurant/bar/grocer
- 99-year berth leases
- d'Albora reciprocal berthing
About Martha Cove Marina (d'Albora)
Martha Cove Marina anchors the Marina Village Martha Cove development on the shore of Port Phillip at Safety Beach, a 94-hectare masterplanned waterfront community designed by architect Karl Fender of Fender Katsalidis and built out by the Balmain Group through the 2010s. The marina itself, now operated by d'Albora Marinas, holds 262 berths from 10 to 30 metres for both monohulls and multihulls, arranged around the protected excavated harbour at the foot of Mount Martha. Berths are sold on leases of up to 99 years, an unusually long tenure that has made the marina as much a property market as a boating facility, with berth resales tracked by specialist brokers alongside the waterfront apartments. The boating is matched by a genuine village edge: a boardwalk of cafes, the Martha's Table restaurant, bar and grocer in the Moorings apartments, and a sales and marina centre give the place more street life than most suburban marinas. Behind the pontoons sits the Marine Enterprise Precinct, including Boatyard Martha Cove by d'Albora, completed in 2019 as Victoria's newest boatyard, which turned the cove into the peninsula's main service hub. The clientele mixes Melbourne owners an hour up the freeway, peninsula locals, and a growing number of multihull owners drawn by the wide berths and heavy-lift capacity. With the Hidden Harbour freehold arms and the Martha Cove Waterway berths sharing the same harbour, the whole basin functions as one of the largest concentrations of kept boats in Victoria. The development replaced the old Safety Beach foreshore scrub with a fully engineered harbour, and the marina's arrival effectively created a new boating suburb on a coast that previously offered only ramps and moorings.
Marina facilities
The marina offers 262 floating berths from 10 to 30 metres with power and water at every berth, catamaran-width pens available, and lease terms running from overnight casual stays through month-by-month to the headline 99-year leases. Security runs 24/7 with swipe access to the marina arms, on-site security staff and after-hours patrols. The fuel dock dispenses diesel and premium unleaded around the clock, sells ice, and provides dockside assistance on request; a public boat ramp and car parking sit beside the marina entrance. Toilets and showers serve berth holders and visitors, and the boardwalk's Broad Walk cafe and Martha's Table supply food within steps of the arms. The serious hardware is next door at Boatyard Martha Cove by d'Albora: a 70-tonne travel lift eight metres wide, a 10-tonne marine forklift, hardstand, work berths, refit repair sheds and trailer storage, plus a fully enclosed dry-stack building for boats to 35 feet, all opened from 2019 and marketed as the most modern yard in the state. Experienced marine contractors operate on site covering mechanical work, antifouling, detailing and refits, and full-service maintenance management is offered for owners who want the yard to run the whole job. The combination means a berth holder can haul, antifoul, service engines and rack a trailer boat without leaving the cove, and visiting boats can book the yard independently of berthing. Bookings run through the marina office on (03) 5987 0827 or the d'Albora network line, and d'Albora members pick up reciprocal rights across the group's marinas. Dockmaster-style assistance is available on request, and the marina's position inside the same fence as the boatyard means haul-outs can be scheduled between tides without a delivery trip.
Local sailing knowledge
Martha Cove's entrance dredges through the sand flats of the eastern bay, carrying about 2.4 to 3 metres, and while that is ample for most trailer-style powerboats and cruising yachts, deeper-keel boats time their movements around the lower tides. Once inside, the harbour is entirely sheltered, a genuine all-weather refuge on a coast that has no natural harbours between Melbourne and the Heads. The bay out front is the Mornington Peninsula's playground: the whiting grounds off Safety Beach and Mount Martha fish well through summer, snapper work the edges in spring, and the anchorages along Mount Martha's cliffs and around Mornington are an easy half-day cruise. Sorrento and the Queenscliff ferry lie further south for crews wanting a longer leg, and the run across to Williamstown or the city marinas takes a comfortable day. Ashore, the village precinct covers breakfast, coffee and basics, while Dromana's supermarkets, bottle shops and marine hardware are a five-minute drive, and the peninsula's wineries and golf courses fill lay days for visiting crews. The boat ramp beside the marina makes Martha Cove a trailering alternative when berths are full, though summer weekends see queues at first light. Local rhythm: dry-stack customers ring or app ahead and the forklift has the boat splashed before the car is parked; berth holders heading out early watch the tide board at the entrance. In winter the cove hosts the peninsula's biggest concentration of hauled boats, and the yard's covered sheds book out well ahead for refit season. For visitors without a berth, casual stays can be booked through the d'Albora network, though summer weekends book out early.