⚓ Scottish AnchoragesCharles Warlow

Eilean Garbh (and West Tarbert Bay)

55.7241, -5.7342 Locate on map
The north anchorage and beach on the left, the south anchorage and beach on the right
The north anchorage and beach on the left, the south anchorage and beach on the right

Now here is a great anchorage, sheltered from the north if you anchor in the south bay, and from the south if you anchor in the north bay. Both bays have delightful sandy beaches but they can get crowded with bathers and wild campers. It is also worth scrambling up to the top of the 'island' for the views from Ireland to Islay to Jura and up the sound of Jura to Kintyre with the mountains of Arran beyond, and to watch the CalMac ferry ploughing its way from West Loch Tarbert to Islay, rather close it seems to the rocks off the north end of Gigha.

Playing on the south beach
Playing on the south beach
Anchored off the north beach
Anchored off the north beach
Looking across to Jura, wind against tide
Looking across to Jura, wind against tide
The Islay ferry passing north of Gigha
The Islay ferry passing north of Gigha