Sailing in Company since 1928
Some of our members have been taking drone footage and photos of the Conwy River channels at low water, to help with navigating the area.
The following photos were taken in late September 2023 on a low tide of 0.5m.
The following drone footage was taken in early September 2023 on a low tide of 0.8m:
Aid to navigation Llanddwyn Island “South East Rock” South Cardinal, Y.B is not on its appropriate station.
53°08.04′ N 004°24.46′ W
Mariners are advised to exercise extreme caution in this area.
David John O’Neill
Harbwr Feistr Caernarfon Harbour Master
Ymddiriedolaeth Harbwr Caernarfon Harbour Trust
Aid to navigation Starboard No C1 is now lit.
53° 07’.06 N 004° 24’.67 W
David John O’Neill
Harbwr Feistr Caernarfon Harbour Master
Aid to navigation Starboard No C1 is unlit
53° 07’.06 N 004° 24’.67 W
Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in this area.
David John O’Neill
Harbwr Feistr Caernarfon Harbour Master
On Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of August Caernarfon Harbour is hosting the OCRDA Powerboat racing.
Mariners are advised that there will be Powerboat and Jest ski racing in the area outside the River Seiont and Victoria Dock There will be potential delays in being able to navigate inbound and outbound of both the River Seiont and the Victoria Dock. Please be patient and follow the official’s requests.
Navigation inside the BLUE area is strictly prohibited during the racing times.
Please contact the Dock Master on VHF ch80 for further info on the race days.
| Activity | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race Admin (When not Racing) | 15:00 – 17:00 | 09:00 – 17:00 | 09:00 – 15:30 |
| Scrutineering (Majority to be done on Friday) | 15:00 – 17:00 | 08:00 – 08:30 | 08:00 – 08:30 |
| OCR / Jet Ski / Safety Briefing | 09:00 – 09:30 | TBA – If Req | |
| Launching OCR / Jet Ski | 09:30 – 11:00 | 10:00 – 12:00 | |
| Jet Ski Races 1 & 3 – 25 min + Lap | 11:00 – 11:30 | 12:00 – 12:30 | |
| OCR Races 1 & 3 – 25 min + Lap | 11:45 – 12:15 | 12:45 – 13:15 | |
| OCR Races 2 & 4 – 25 min + Lap | 12:30 – 13:00 | 12:45 – 13:15 | |
| Jet Ski Races 2 & 4 – 25 min + Lap | 15:00 – 15:30 | 14:20 – 14:50 | |
| Prizegiving | 16:00 – TBC | ||
| Marina Gate Closes | High | (09:50) 12:32 | (11:00) 13:04 |
| Low | 19:15 | 19:46 |
David John O’Neill
Harbwr Feistr Caernarfon Harbour Master
Mariners are advised that Local Notice to Mariners 10/2023 is hereby cancelled. Please see attached new notice.
Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master
Mariners are advised that two spat collectors, a type of aquaculture equipment, will be deployed at the following locations on Thursday 17th August 2023. Both collectors will be buoyed and the equipment will be recovered in November / December. Please see attached a map attached illustrating these locations on the nautical chart.
| Spat collector | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|
| A | 53° 18.601973 | -3° 53.085061 |
| B | 18.616743 | -3° 52.849268 |
Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master
Mariners are advised that the Tidal Gate in Dock Victoria will not be operated on Thursday morning 07:00-08:42 10/08/2023 to allow necessary work to be carried out. The gate will only be closed for the morning tide. The gate will be operational as normal on the evening tide 15:22-21:13 10/08/2023
For all vessels movement relating to the Dock please contact the Dock master on [email protected]
This Notice to mariners will expire 15:22 on the 10/08/2023
Iwan Rees-Jones
Doc Feistr Caernarfon Dock Master
All mariners are advised that an underwater video survey will take place between the 13th to the 21st of July 2023 (weather dependent) at the Conwy Bay wild oyster restoration site. A copy of the location and coordinates are attached to this notice. The equipment will be deployed from Bangor University vessel, Macoma, over slack high water and recovered after 2 hours. The vessel will remain in the area throughout to monitor the equipment.
| Control site vector coordinates | LAT | LON |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53.32555749 | -3.88055882 |
| 2 | 53.32632648 | -3.87978252 |
| 3 | 53.32597789 | -3.87881919 |
| 4 | 53.32520891 | -3.87959551 |
Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master
All mariners are advised that three potential elevated areas of seabed have been identified within the Wild Oyster Restoration Project gravel deployment area (see LNtM 06/23). Surveying is to be carried out and a further notice will be issued. The coordinates supplied are as follows:
| 53° 18′ 45.6588” N | 3° 52′ 34.2588” W |
| 53° 18′ 47.0412” N | 3° 52′ 33.78” W |
| 53° 18′ 46.8612” N | 3° 52′ 33.6612” W |
Please also find the attached annotated chart. The data has not been verified and so this message is precautionary only.
Matthew Forbes
MSc LLB (hons) BSc AFNI
Conwy Harbour Master