Brodick Harbour (GBBDI)

The port mainly handles passenger traffic.

The port is located at the coast between Corriegills Point, 1.5 miles NW of Claunchlands Point, and Merkland Point, 2 miles NNW.

LOA 71.6m, beam 13.2m, 1,318DWT

Anchorage may be obtained as convenient in sand and mud, clear of the Admiralty mooring buoy and small foul areas which lie 1.5nm E, 0.6nm ESE and 1nm SE of Brodick Castle.

BA 1864, 2220. Admiralty Pilot NP66A, NP286(1)

With positions from Brodick Castle (55°35'N 005°09'W): Beacon (white Saint Andrew cross topmark), 1nm NE. Brodick Castle, which is surrounded by trees and has a tower with a flagstaff at its SW corner. Light in the Admiralty mooring buoy, 0.6nm SE. Pier head light (concrete column), 1nm SSE.

Weak.

Fierce squalls are to be expected from the valley at the head of the bay during W winds.