Available charts: Admiralty: 1076 (best) banks off Burry Port very inaccurate! Imray: C 60 (smaller scale, includes N. Devon) Stanford: nil

Tides: Tables available from: Jones & Teague Ltd. (Chandlers) The Harbour, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, SA69 9HE. Price 8p.

Tidal constants: Milford Haven = Dover + 7hr 26 min Cardiff = Dover + 8hr Swansea = Dover + 7hr 33 min Tenby = Dover + 7hr 12 min

Tidal range: 24ft.(springs) or 12ft. (neaps)

Commercial Traffic: nil

Rescue: Lifeboat at Tenby

Coastguard: (Day watch only) Tenby 2031 at Tenby Saundersfoot 2722 at Monkstone Point

Launching: Tenby and S’foot harbours, Coppett Hall car park (nr. S’foot) Wiseman’s Bridge (south beach)

Dangers (natural): Most of the coastline west of Tenby is rocky and very dangerous

Dangers (human): M.O.D. firing range at Pendine makes it impossible to cross the bay E-W or W-E, except Saturday afternoons & Sundays (details from Range Safety Officer)

Shelter: Tenby and S’foot harbours dry out, but high ground near the shore shelters the west end of the bay from the prevailing SW winds Shore: Rocks are apt to appear even on sandy beaches. Mud and sinking sand appear to be absent. Surf can be a problem for launching due to shallow shelving beach

Local weather: Prevailing wind — SW. Safest wind — E Seas: steep when wind against tide Rips: west end of Candy Sound, with wind against tide

Lights: S’foot harbour: Fl R 5sec Helwick lightship: Fl W 10sec, visible more than 16 miles! (11 on Ad. chart)