Fahy Bay is tucked into the southern arm of Ballynakill Harbour on the west coast of Ireland between Cleggan Point and Rinvyle Point. It offers one of the best anchorages of the inlet in an entirely sequestered location with lovely views of the surrounding hills.
Fahy Bay is tucked into the southern arm of Ballynakill Harbour on the west coast of Ireland between Cleggan Point and Rinvyle Point. It offers one of the best anchorages of the inlet in an entirely sequestered location with lovely views of the surrounding hills.
The bay offers good protection from north round through west to south and should it become exposed perfect protection may be obtained via a short move. Harbour access is straightforward at any stage of the tide but only during daylight and the bay is obstructed by a sand bar that requires a rise of the tide to pass over.
This is the anchoring position in about 2.5 metres inside the sandbanks in Fahy Bay.
What is the initial fix?
The following Ballynakill Harbour Initial Fix will set up a final approach:
53° 35.243' N, 010° 4.363' W
This sets up the preferred approach to the northward of Freaghillaun South. It is set on the alignment of the summit of Diamond Hill, 6 miles southeastward and a lofty conical mountain at the head of the harbour, with the northeastern side of Freaghillaun South on 113°T.
This tool can be used to estimate future costal tidal streams for this area. All that is required are two simple steps:
Step 1: What is the Dover High Water for the target date?
Use a current Dover Tide Table to find Dover High Water for the target date. The National Oceanography Centre offers online tidal predictions for up to 28 days from today. Click here to open their tide table for Dover
Step 2: Input the target date's Dover High Water
Hour:
Minute:
Taking a mean tidal offset from Dover's tide, we expect your targetted date's associated local tide at Fahy Bay to be:
High waters: Low waters:
Data based on an average tide is only accurate to within one hour, if you more precise times are required use the ISA tidal predictions, with Galway offset -01:00.
Tidal Hour:
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What are the key points of the approach?
Offshore details are available in Western Ireland’s coastal overview from Slyne Head to Erris Head harbour access detailed in Ballynakill Harbour .
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Ten nearest havens by straight line charted distance and bearing:
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What's the story here?
Fany Bay between Knocknahaw Point and Ross Point (central) Image: James Stringer via CC BY-SA 2.0
Fahy Bay, known locally as Ross Bay, is one of the best anchorages of Ballynakill Harbour where a vessel may lie in great security out of the tide. The sequestered bay is entered over a bar that lies between Ross Point and Knocknahaw Point that is situated about ½ a mile southward.
The shallow bar dries in place to 0.2 metres on low springs so a rise of tide will be required to enter. Nevertheless, the bar lies in very sheltered waters and has several passages through it with charted depths of as much as 0.3 metres LAT. So it will not tame much of a rise to pass over and it would be possible for a yacht drawing as much as 1.5 metres to enter at LW neaps.
Fahy Bay is somewhat exposed to easterly conditions but it is only rough here in a southeasterly blow. This is not overly challenging as all that is required in these conditions is to move across to the small inlet south of Roeillaun, ¾ east-northeastward, that is accessible at half tide, has nearly 4 metres LAT at its centre and is perfectly protected from that quarter.
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Use western Ireland’s coastal overview from Slyne Head to Erris Head for approaches and the a Ballynakill Harbour entrance and south channel for local approaches.
The foreshore at Fahy Bay Image: Google
Anchor in 2 to 3 metres over excellent mud holding. The southern end of the bay is slightly deeper reaching charted depths of 3.7 metres. Boats that can take to the bottom may dry on the gravel beach at the head of the bay.
Why visit here?
Fahy Bay is a snug berth that offers tranquillity. It is very secluded set in a rural hinterland. It is a good point for exploring the intricate bays in this area by tender.
What facilities are available?
There are no facilities around the shoreline of this location, except freshwater is available from a pump in the yard of Ross Lodge House by arrangement with the owner.
At Tullycross, 2 Km from Derryinver Quay, there is a small supermarket and a pub and, 3 km away, at Letterfrack there is a provisions store, two pubs, a post office, and filling station. This is less than a kilometre from Keelkyle Quay. Also, at Moyard, 2 Km from Keelkyle Quay has an excellent shop for provisions, a post office, and gas refills are available. Major restocking or other services are likely to be found at Clifden 9 miles away.
With thanks to:
PETER CRAVEN & Michael Harpur eOceanic.
About Fahy Bay
Fahy Bay is a snug berth that offers tranquillity. It is very secluded set in a rural hinterland. It is a good point for exploring the intricate bays in this area by tender.
Other options in this area
Click the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons to progress through neighbouring havens in a coastal 'clockwise' or 'anti-clockwise' sequence. Alternatively here are the ten nearest havens available in picture view:
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53° 33.539' N, 010° 0.753' W
53° 35.243' N, 010° 4.363' W 
harbour access detailed in 
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Fany Bay between Knocknahaw Point and Ross Point (central)
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The foreshore at Fahy Bay
