Battleship Cove Moorings

Very cool place to spend the night

We enjoyed the mooring area which was next to the battleship. There are no services other than the dinghy dock including no public restrooms, trash disposal or water. We attempted to contact the pump out boat with no success. The dinghy dock is locked. Be sure to request the combination before you arrive as there is no one at dock. We used Dockwa for the reservation and received the lock code through their service although we had to ask for the combination as it was not offered. The Wi-Fi signal was decent

Neat and sheltered mooring field, however harbor master was unreachable for mooring assignment. Picked up one of the red and white moorings and proceeded to the dinghy dock, only to find a padlock on the gate for the chain link fence. If you are planning on spending a few nights here try to get the code before you arrive.

Touring the ships in the Cove was interesting, but I am not planning to sail here again, and certainly not on a weekend. We arrived on Saturday afternoon and attempted to contact the Harbormaster via radio and phone for our mooring assignment, but no response. A friendly gentleman on a private mooring told us to pick up any red & white mooring since there were plenty available - he then rode to the dinghy dock and left. We secured our boat and rowed to the dinghy dock (which is in need of repair) only to find that the gate was padlocked! My husband climbed the chain link fence, but I could not. He spoke with Audrey, the nice young woman in the gift shop, who made several phone calls to friends and eventually found someone who knew the combination so we could open the gate. This whole process took over an hour. Warning: this is a noisy place because the mooring field is right under the bridge. The traffic noise abates somewhat overnight. However, at 11:30pm a power boat picked up a mooring directly behind us with music blasting. After 1/2 an hour I came out into the cockpit and they left. But at 3am they were back to party! Shouting and dancing in the cockpit to obscene rap music - just rude, inconsiderate behavior. The name of the boat was Captain Morgan. My husband yelled over and they saw him, turned off the lights in their cockpit but kept blasting the music. We tried calling the Harbormaster but no response, so we called the police who told us there was nothing they could do. We did not sleep well in Battleship Cove. Perhaps it is more peaceful on a weeknight, but I would not recommend staying on the weekend.

A great stay in the cove. Well protected with lots of restaurants close by, many with docks. Good communication from the Harbor Master. The only complaint is that some of the mooring balls had broken or missing extensions, making hooking the mooring a challenge.

Mooring but no pennant. Group of us arrived with “reservations” only to discover we needed to sort out which moorings to use, and we had to raft up in pairs. Poor expectation management.

Bad stay… we were in the last mooring with no protection from the battleship. So the boat was rocking around like crazy all night . The sound with the traffic going over the bridge was noisy all night.

Harbor Masters were super helpful and supportive. Historical park , carousel and Battleship Cove were impressive as was bridge noise but we knew it would be.

Great destination with magnificent views of the naval vessels of the Battleship Cove Maritime musuem. Great person treatment from the harbormaster to assist in landing the moorings.

The mooring offered us a safe harbor during a Gale warning. Officer Barboza was extremely helpful and we had a great time.

Not good experience. Went to dinner at Cove. Decided to stay overnight. Nearly impossible to contact anyone that works for the town to ask about mooring rental. I was told to call the police. Not about to do that. Went to the Kiki for the night.

The harbormaster was very friendly. Great location !

The mooring was fine, but the harbour master had no clue we had a reservation or how me made the reservation. Luckily they had a mooring available.

Excellent visit highlighted by the help we got from the Harbormaster, officer Jose! Kind and courteous, escorted us to our mooring, helped us tie on, came back from patrol to find my kids in their non-working dinghy and a vey pleasant good night on his last pass! Great spot for the 4th surrounded by fireworks everywhere!! Thx Fall River!!!!

Good spot. Easy to find and anchor to the mooring

Great little cove under the shadows of the battleships. Grabbed mooring A right near the dingy dock. No service to speak of, but close to the Navy museum and several good restaurants and bars. 1/2+ mi walk to groceries. Some highway noise but not onerous. Good protection except from the north.

Great spot! Lots of things to do.

Great stay! We stayed for tropical storm Isaias and had great protection from the south. A very nice harbor master greeted us and helped catch our mooring. A great perk is the navy ships to explore, right there in the cove. The ticket is good for 24 hours and so we went three times and had a blast.

Good. Convenient dinghy dock, good eateries nearby and, of course,, 2 days of touring the ships. Harbormaster was very friendly as well.

Good overnight but a little noisy with city and bridge traffic.

Harbor Master Bob Smith was very nice and professional! Thanks you!

Great stop on our club cruise. The Harbormaster is first rate; helping if you need to loop thru the stand up mooring eye, free pumpout even if you are not aboard. They will even dispose of your trash. We will return again for all that Fall River has to offer.

Great spot right next to the Battleship Massachusetts. Harbormaster was very helpful and accommodating. The museum is outstanding and there is an excellent waterfront restaurant, just north of the cove, within walking distance, on a well maintained boardwalk.

The harbor master is the best! Pump out available and they took our garbage too. Quite a special place to be moored.

I enjoyed the visit of those wonderful battleships and submarine that remind us of the cost of our freedom.