Safe Harbor Bluewater

great staff and accommodations

Always a great stop. Easy in and out and the staff is always helpful

Beautiful facility. Very helpful staff.

Amazing, we been delayed at the ICW, and the staff keep tracking and calling to make sure we made it safe. No just that, they wait for us past their working hours.

Very nice place. Friendly, helpful staff. Restaurant has new hours.

Great stop always stop hear

Always the best at BWYC. Great staff, easy dockage, best location.

Very friendly and helpful dock staff!

Good marine, well managed, good help.

We really enjoyed our stay. Everyone was very nice. Nice docks. Laundry was nice (free) and clean. Restroom and shower very clean and really nice hot water. Will definitely stay again and recommend to others.

David took good care of us even after closing hours making sure we had a safe tie and got fuel. We will always be a repeat customer.

One of our favorites

Very helpful dock hands. Nice facility.

Everyone was so helpful and nice. The marina was well kept and clean. They were very accommodating with our weather window. Great place! Highly recommend and will be back if we ever come back this way.

Dockhands where top notch

Great marina, great staff!

Excellent marina, helpful dockhands, clean and nice bathroom facilities, and laundry room with free laundry! Great restaurant on site. We were invited to the monthly social, which was so nice! Won a Safe Harbor hat in the raffle and enjoyed delicious pulled pork and chicken and had a wonderful time chatting with members and fellow transients. Wish we could be a Safe Harbor member, we love all the Safe Harbor marinas, but home port is Havre de Grace. Would love to see an associate membership for those of us who sail the Bay, or at least a 'tour' T-shirt with all the Chesapeake Safe Harbor marinas on it. Will definitely be back.

Friendly, super helpful staff. Our of our favorite marinas on the East Coast. Love riding our bikes to Fort Monroe.

Great service by all staff at the fuel dock and since we were there right before closing they just had us stay there for a quick departure in the AM. The restaurant was OK. The music was so loud we couldn't even hear each other talk across the table. But I wouldn't let that stop anyone from spending some time here...great service!!

Very nice stop. Facility is top notch and the people are great

Staff amazing, facility amazing and location amazing!!! We will be back!

We had a wonderful stay! Very friendly crew and nice environment!

Very helpful staff. Very clean. Water Shuttle to downtown Hampton.

This is a great marina. It’s beautiful and the staff are outstanding. Dave Farlow, the manager, got out of bed at midnight to come help me get in after a long day dealing with some serious issues. Such a great experience and a happy ending to a tough day. Brandon and Rich fueled the boat for me in the morning and even brought me some spare fluids from the ships store right to the boat. Outstanding.

Very accommodating and helpful dock hand. Beautiful marina

We waited here amongst the Salty Dawgs to sail to the Carib during the first 2 weeks of November. Great location for the boat. Very protected. Docking is stern to with pilons on the bow. Can be challenging with cross winds. One supermarket is walking distance but we needed a car to fully provision. Facilities very nice. SV ATARAXIA

We found this easy-to-access marina to be very well run and friendly. Dockmaster Brandon was a great help while we were docking, and then he gave us a ride to town in the marina’s launch. We were disappointed the on-site restaurant was closed, but we did fine in town. Took an Uber back. Before we got underway the next morning we got a pump out and topped off the water tank, and the fellow who helped us was friendly and efficient. We would stay at Bluewater Marina again, no question.

Great marina! Restaurants on site and nearby.

Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Pave the parking lot! Fix the loaner bikes.

Very helpful dockhands. Not so sure yet about the new Safe Harbor involvement, requiring us to use Dockwa. In any case, it's the same friendly courteous people and convenient location. Definitely recommended!

Great staff, very accommodating. Only Issue the pump out wasn’t working. Thanks to the staff.

Nice place, friendly people.

Another first-rate Safe Harbor facility! Cam & Brandon met us and were very couteous, friendly, professional, & helpful getting us into the slip. Everyone we talked to was helpful as well-we will be back!

This is a terrific marina staffed by wonderful and helpful people. This was our second stay and it will not be our last !

My wife and I own Grand Banks Eastbay 38. Contacted Staff at Bluewater Hampton reference raw water system concern. Technician was sent to our boat within 2 days ( They actually ask when I would be at boat. Said to call day before I would be there). We have utilized many boatyards in Tidewater and Deltaville areas but The Bluewater tech, Daryl and his daughter/technician Mia are 2 of the most overall knowledgeable/skilled boat techs I personally have come across in over 15 years of boat ownership. A great team that gets to the point and gets the work done. They initially diagnosed the issues, recorded (video and photo's) their findings and gave recommendations for service. Their service and attention to detail is above and beyond normal and I fully intend to call Bluewater for our future service needs. I would also like to commend the office staff at Bluewater for the quick response and support to their techs. Other yards should certainly follow the lead of this local organization in meeting ( exceeding) customers expectations. James

A little disappointed. We were put in a 60ft slip with short finger docks which made it extremely difficult to impossible for us to moore correctly the pilons were too far aft to get a line on. We were not given the bathhouse codes or WiFi log on although the dock master said he would have the dock hands bring them. For the price we paid we do not feel it was value for money spent!

Very nice facility. Will definitely return. Rich, the dockhand answered us on VHF and met us at fuel dock. Very nice long fuel pier. He gave me the slip assignment and met us there. He was knowledgeable and quick to get us safety in our slip. Rest of staff, including manager Dave, was very friendly to give us local knowledge about places to visit. The restrooms and showers were clean and modern with the refreshing pool close by.

This is by far, one of the worst marinas I've stayed at. The location itself is okay and the workers on the docks are amazing but the management is horrible. I spoke to Brandon on the docks and he helped me with every issue/question that I had. However, the marina manager, Dave was extremely rude. I did not once see him doing any actual work, just standing around smoking cigarettes with another careless worker, I believe her name was Jecky. He spoke to his employees very poorly and seems to not care about anything except for the money in his pocket. Definitely would not recommend this marina to anybody, the only positive things were the dock workers and the restaurant.

The marina and all it's employees are great. Had some stuff delivered prior to arrival and Anita and David took care of my stuff with kid gloves, and it was all there waiting for me when I got there. Dock hands were very helpful getting boat tied up, even went on boat next to our slip to throw a line around the piling for our bow line (we were much shorter than the piling took into account for). Restrooms were clean and functional and accessible. Docks were sturdy floating docks. However, the restaurant has taken over the pool. There's a sign that says the pool is for registered marina guests only, but there were others (a family of about 6 comes to mind) that also used the pool. Additionally, the restaurant is now making the rules for the pool. Since they are connected, you cannot bring any food or drinks from the boat to the pool. It all has to come from the restaurant. If the marina is going to have a pool for their guests, they need to keep the restaurant out the running of it. This is not the case at this location. They lose 2 stars for that, but the marina itself should get 5 stars.

Outstanding Staff Easy in and out

Great location, great team, great amenities. Very clean facility. They got us in for an extended stay at the last minute when we needed to get home to take care of family. FREE LAUNDRY!

I’ve been boating more then 15 years. This is one of the most, If not THE most welcoming, ready to help, and friendly team I’ve seen. I recommend this place to everyone. I’m not shy to complain, but when It is great, It also should be said :-)

Always a great stop, nice facilities and restaurant

Facility and TEAM here at Bluewater Hampton are both outstanding. Strongly recommend staying here!

Friendly, clean, nice amenities, restaurant next door excellent, nice pool. Happy to return

Excellent marina. From the dockhands who are knowledgeable and helpful upon arrival to facilities. On site Surf Rider restaurant is very good. Pool, shower facilities, wi-fi are all above average and would put in top stops in lower Chesapeake. On downside is restrictive cancellation policy (set by Marina not Dockwa). Would like to see more flexibility than "marine small craft warning".

Jimmy, the tech from Bluewater is outstanding! He came out to my boat asap to fix a seakeeper and rudder sensor issue. Very skilled, and very knowledgeable.

Excellent location, great service.

It’s always a pleasure to stay at Safe Harbor Bluewater in Hampton. The staff is incredible, ready to help with what ever you need. Amenities are first rate. No current and well protected from the wind, fuel docks and Surfrider restaurant a few steps away. Bikes available and grocery store just down the street. I wouldn’t think of staying anywhere else when in Hampton.

Great Place, EXCELLENT restaurant ( Surf Rider) short walk to the historic district and nasa museum, extremely friendly staff, I will 100% be back and highly recommend them.

Excellent service. Trouble free.

Nice marina, nice people. Don’t ask them to work on your boat. Tech was friendly but the pricing was ridiculous. $800 labor for 4 man-hours work. The tech and a helper were on the boat around 2 hours. The bilge pump they installed won’t keep up with even one shower in use. So I can only assume the pump was too small as we never had this problem before. Other parts prices were also way overpriced.

We have stayed in marinas on three continents on our boat. This was the worst experience to date. I am certain that the staff have a different opinion from ours but this marina is a mess management wise. Their fuel dock staff are pleasant and competent. Their facility staff (showers, etc.) are simply the worst at customer service we have ever experienced. This is the only such review we have ever given a marina so, it could be us, or it could be staff of Bluewater. I am happy to provide my version of their deficiencies if you are interested. Regards, Charles Hall.

Terrific facility. Very nice people.

Helpful docklands, nice pool and restaurant and an easy jump off spot for the Atlantic or Chesapeake!

Great marina with professional and friendly staff, plus a restaurant, pool and water taxi to town.

$200 to stay on a fixed dock, with no fender boards. Staff are nice, but wouldn't return at this price. Staying at a much nicer Marina tonight at about half price.

Great experience. Dockhands are helpful, knowledgeable and caring. The marina is clean and well maintained. The service department responded to our failed water pump the same day we contacted them and had it fixed by lunch time. This is our second time here and both have been great experiences.

Excellent Marina and restaurant. All dock hands were friendly and professional.

Stop here for repair work on way North very professional staff and happy with services performed. Supermarket and shopping near by. Surf Rider Restaurant on site very good best crab cake I ever had

Shout out to Anita, Jackie and Dave in the office! To Darby and Jarred on the docks! And Bluewater Marine Services Darryl and Mya CAT Mechanics for assisting with evaluation of oil leak and generator issue! Everyone provided outstanding service and support for our dockage and engine needs! Bravo Zulu! Jobs well done! Thank You!

Great facility! Nice docks, top notch staff, clean showers and toilets, good restaurant, nice pool and good location.

Great facility and team!

We required a tow into the marina on May 5th 2022. Our arrival was met by David and a staff member. Together they easily maneuvered us into a slip. While we waited to have the transmission repaired, we gratefully accepted and appreciated the kindness and guidance of Jackie, from the marine office. Not only did she locate fresh soft shell crabs for us, she delivered them to the marina herself. They were excellent! The facility provided us with bicycles to ride to nearby stores, clean facilities, restaurant, laundry. We will be returning.

Felt very safe and secure for 5 days of heavy winds on this marina. Great restaurant and very clean facilities, will definitely be back.