Moseulpo Port, Home of the Southernmost Yellowtail Festival: Last Year's Dates and a Day Without a Round

According to a Jeju provincial government press release, last year (2025) the 25th Southernmost Yellowtail Festival opened on November 20 around Moseulpo Port in Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo, under the theme 'a feast of the joy, style and taste of the clean sea', and ran for 4 days until November 23. The opening ceremony was held at 5 p.m. on the 20th at the festival site in Moseulpo Port.

The press release introduced it as a seafood festival where you can taste the flavour of yellowtail caught in Jeju's clean waters and experience Jeju's sea culture, and said it is hosted and organised by the Southernmost Yellowtail Festival Committee.

This article does not give this year's dates or programme. Before you plan your rounds, please check this year's dates in the notices of the Southernmost Yellowtail Festival Committee.

VisitJeju describes Moseulpo Port as the end of Jeju Olle Route 10 and the start of Route 11, a major port of south-western Jeju and the southernmost fishing base. It notes that the port was designated a Class 1 fishing port (now a national fishing port) in 1971.

The place name Moseulpo is said to come from 'Mosalgae', meaning 'a harbour with sand'. VisitJeju explains that it began as the name for the coast of Sangmo-ri and Hamo-ri in Daejeong-eup, where strong winds built up coastal sand dunes.

According to VisitJeju, yellowtail, tilefish, damselfish and many other fish live in the waters between Moseulpo Port and the sea south of Marado, and a yellowtail fishing ground forms around Marado from October to February. It also notes that the winds and currents there are strong.

According to the ferry operators, boats to Marado and Gapado leave not from Moseulpo Port, where the festival is held, but from Unjin Port (Moseulpo South Port), and boats to Marado also leave from Songaksan Port. If you plan to visit an island on a day without a round, check separately before you set out which port you leave from, whether the boats are running and at what times.

1. First check in the Southernmost Yellowtail Festival Committee's notices whether the festival dates clash with your rounds
2. Take a slow look around the quays of Moseulpo Port and the sea by the breakwater
3. If you plan to take a boat to Marado or Gapado, check separately which port it leaves from (Unjin Port or Songaksan Port), whether it is running and its times
4. Walk around the port, bearing in mind it is the end of Olle Route 10 and the start of Route 11

Even outside the festival, Moseulpo Port is a good place to rest while looking at the harbour and the sea. If you want to go during the festival, please check this year's dates in the notices of the Southernmost Yellowtail Festival Committee.

• When is this year's yellowtail festival? — This article does not give this year's dates. Last year (2025) it opened on November 20 and ran for 4 days until November 23; please check this year's dates in the notices of the Southernmost Yellowtail Festival Committee.
• Where is the festival held? — According to last year's Jeju provincial press release, it was held around Moseulpo Port in Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo.
• Can I take a boat to an island from Moseulpo Port? — According to the ferry operators and VisitJeju, the regular ferries to Marado and Gapado leave not from Moseulpo Port, where the festival is held, but from Unjin Port (Moseulpo South Port), and boats to Marado also leave from Songaksan Port. Check separately whether they are running and their times.
• When does the yellowtail fishing ground form? — VisitJeju notes that a yellowtail fishing ground forms around Marado from October to February.