Tides and Launching
page update: 11th. November, 2026
Tides:
Prediction Machine [I have seen nicer one, Bristol?]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNyTlGiz5o
Times:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast-and-sea/tide-tables
Where to launch your boat:
Anglesey:
Most of the Anglesey launch charges seem to only apply to powerboats.
e.g. Rhoscolyn, when last visited, seems much as it was 60yrs ago, just drag your dinghy up to the grass at the edge of the sand. [It's now a 'pay and display' car-park.]
Trearddur, one used to leave the dinghy on the sand at Porth Diana, now up a slip in a formal dinghy park. Parking is at a premium. Lots of rocks in the bay. [It was a 'cheapy', just run for the month of August, using the village hall for meetings, seems to be now more monied.]
Rhosneigr, is a 'pull your boat up the sand' place, last time I asked, club membership was a tenner for the month. I find the pointy rocks make it too scary to sail there - charted by reference to village streets.
Beaumaris, public slip with a dinghy park behind the lifeboat house. Mother let me sail from there as a child [!] the tidal flow at the bottom of the slip is scary. As is the Public slip at Conwy.
Benllech, Red Wharf Bay and Llanddona are all safe enough. Given that the prevailing winds are offshore. The access roads to Llanddona are single track - it tends to be quiet. Soft sand.