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Burry Port (almanac stub)

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Courtesy Flag

Flag, Red Ensign

Waypoint

Offing from Bury Inlet: 51º38.15'N 004º21.86'W Barrel Post: 51º40.46'N 004º15.01'W

Charts

AC 1167, 1076

Rules & Regulations

Hazards

Dries out, dangerous in strong onshore winds, shifting sandbanks, strong tidal streams

Tidal Data Times & Range

HW Dover -0455 MHWS 7.8m MHWN 5.8m MLWS 0.9m MLWN 3.0m

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General Description

Burry Port lies about 5 miles into the shifting sands and the twisting channels of Burry Inlet. For those with shoal draft craft that can take the ground the large Marina could offer a useful stopping place. The Marina itself holds over 1.5 m of water, held in by a raising sill, and the nearby town offers provisioning and railway station connected to Milford Haven and Swansea. The Inlet lies around 13 miles from Tenby and 22+ miles from Swansea.

The Marina is home to a small fleet of charter fishing boats, local pleasure craft and shallow draught yachts. The Inlet is not a place for a large deep draft yachts to be searching for unbuoyed channels and shelter.

Entry to west facing Burry Inlet should not be considered by strangers in any kind of onshore wind, and for a first visit, light offshore winds are ideal. The tidal stream runs hard (up to 4 kn) across the sand banks within the inlet, but a study of the chart will show that at around high water there will be plenty of depth everywhere for shallow draft craft in the approach.

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Approach

Camarthen Bay shelves steadily towards the mouth of Burry Inlet. Although locals may come and go up to 2 1/2 hours either side of high water, strangers are recommended to make the 5 mile approach on a rising tide, aiming to arrive at the Marina entrance just before high water. The VisiChart video give an idea of the ideal approach, but with the tides sweeping across the unmarked channels it may be difficult to stay within the deep water areas, but with the tidal range at up to 7.8m, this shouldn't put you off. ... read more