Kilwa Kivinje (TZKIK)

The port is currently closed for commercial operations. Information for the port is retained should the port reopen. A lighterage port using dhows.

Tropical.

Located on the Tanzanian coast midway between Dar es Salaam and Mtwara.

Anchorage may be obtained in the roadstead off the town. When approaching the anchorage, keep in depths of 9.0m or more. A good berth is in a depth of 8.0m with the station house bearing 198° distant approx 1.5nm.

Approach, from seaward is by Kilwa Main Pass or from N by the inner channel between the off lying chains of reefs.

BA 661, 2929, 1032. Admiralty Pilot NP3.

All the tidal waters enclosed by a line drawn E from Ras Miramba to the meridian of 39°30'E, then N to the parallel of 008°40'S, then W to the mainland, and the shore at HW ordinary spring tide between these points.

The station house, a white stone building with a high red roof resembling a tower, and a large white house are both prominent on the beach in front of Kilwa Kivinje.

Tidal streams in the roadstead are negligible.