Contacts:-
Harbour Master VHF #12, #16  tel      028 4481 1291 8am to 5pm Mon to Fri
Ardglass Marina VHF #M #80            tel      028 4484 2332

This harbour is the only all weather, all tides harbour between Howth and Bangor and provides a working base for a small fleet of fishing vessels which crowd into the harbour at the end of the day. There is a fish processing plant on the South Pier which is conspicuous from the approach.

The harbour has three basic areas; the fish dock which occupies the inside of the South Pier, the marina which is tucked into the Western corner behind a detached breakwater and the inner harbour, which dries, in the North West corner.  Between the South Pierhead and the detached mole is Churn Rock marked with an SCM, boats entering the fish dock leave it to Starboard whilst those proceeding to the marina leave it well to port.  ... read more

Before making an approach contact the HM on VHF #12 to advise him that you want to come in and then call the Marina to be allocated a berth appropriate for your draft.

If coming from the South, care should be taken to identify Ardglass correctly; you would not be the first to swan into Killough Bay from the South mistaking it for Ardglass. Ardglass Bay is much less conspicuous than Killough Bay but it does have its unmistakeable high South Pier.

There are no off-lying hidden dangers and if it’s a nice day there’s no need to plod all the way out to the initial fix, just stay well clear of the end of the South Pier foundations (probably marked by a pole) and turn in towards the harbour when the white lighthouse on the end of the North pier begins to open. ... read more