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Charts & Images

Bray

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Courtesy Flag

Irish Tricolour

Waypoint

None Given

Charts

AC 1468 Arklow to the Skerries Islands; SC 5621 Ben of Howth to Wicklow Head; Imray C61 St Georges Channel

Rules & Regulations

None Known

Hazards

Drying Harbour

Tidal Data Times & Range

HW is HW Dublin – 0006; Tidal range figures are sketchy; best guess:- MHWS 4.1m MHWN 3.4m MLWN 1.5m MLWS 0.6m Tidal streams are up and down the coast with the ebb and flood through St Georges Channel (Flood starts about five hours after HW Dublin and the ebb about ¾ hour before HW Dublin)

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General Description

Contacts; Bray Sailing Club VHF #11 (when racing) tel no +353 (0)1 2860272 http://www.braysailingclub.ie/

This is a super little harbour about 1½ miles North of the prominent Bray Head. The only chart information a couple of small marks on AC1468 and you’d be forgiven for missing that. The harbour is an extension of the River Dargle which flows along its Northern wall and the stream is outgoing throughout the tidal cycle. You’ll only be able to get in for a couple of hours either side of HW and, if you want to stop for more than lunch you’ll need to be able to take the ground.

The Sailing Club runs the moorings on the South side of the harbour, so contact them if you want to stay a while. The Sailing Club is reported to be very welcoming towards visiting yachties and Google maps has a lovely coverage of the harbour; try this link:- ... read more

Approach

There are no problems close in, in the vicinity of the harbour but don’t come too close to Bray head because it sports a few off-lying rocks, namely the Cable Rock, Periwinkle Rocks and Crab Rock but they are very close in and would not normally affect the cruising yachtie. ... read more

Berthing, Mooring & Anchoring

There are alongside berths against the North wall and the South wall though there are not too many ladders. If you are lucky one of the residents may be away for a few days and you might be able to use one of the Sailing Club moorings; the harbour dries to sand so getting back aboard at low tide is not a problem (assuming you have a boarding ladder?). There may even be room to anchor fore and aft but again that depends on the Sailing Club.

If you arrive at Low Water (as is likely if you’ve come down from the North) you can anchor off the harbour to wait for water to get in, or even choose to stay at anchor outside but be aware that there will be quite a cross current to be negotiated getting ashore as well as the outflow from the harbour.
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