Grand Haven Municipal Marina — Attraction in Grand Haven

Great place to stay for the night on your boat. We stayed Tuesday night mid August. Got a slip not too far from the (multiple) bathrooms near where the farmers market pavilion is, which we went to the next morning! This area was great – very close to the “social” street with food and shops. Marina staff were very friendly and helpful. Coolest part was the Grand Haven Fountain show they have every summer night. The fountain is a lit, choreographed music and water show on the hill across the channel. Right next to the marina. Also nearby a fish cleaning station, mini golf, a playground, ice cream, and fuel station. If you’re sleeping overnight on a boat, I highly...

I wish I could give this marina higher marks because the location is hard to beat. But, unfortunately that same location advantage comes with extremely poor protection and a total lack of privacy. We started in slip #1, which literally has a "backstage pass" to the amphitheater. It's kind of fun at first, but with frequent concerts, plus the nightly water show display, it was just a little bit much for us. More importantly, the westerlies blew up a nasty swell and this marina had NO protection. We ended up moving to a yacht club nearby due to the rocking and rolling. Aside from that, the location affords the very best access to everything Grand Haven...

Wish I could rate it higher but this was a total miss. Slip #2. Beyond the bashing and non stop rocking waves, it was extremely noisy. The early evening concert was fine, we enjoyed that along with the fireworks but we ended up with a large inebriated boatload of folks as our dock neighbors, blasted stereo music til 1 am, peed off the docks and littered our shared dock walkway with food. This marina Doesn’t appear to have a “quiet time” nor any staff to enforce. Facilities were very average. Not on our...