Silting at Barbate

WARNING: A yacht crew member has suffered serious injury when the yacht grounded sharply on the final approach to Barbate marina. The sand bank encountered is only a metre or two west of the line between the last port hand buoy (No4) and eastern tip of anti-swell boom. This accident is another example of what is a silting problem that affects harbours along the coast of the Algarve and Atlantic Andalucia. APPA started publishing bathymetric charts for Andalucian harbours in 2018 in an attempt to help yachtsmen navigate the shifting sandbanks that plague this coast. In this case the link is: www.puertosdeandalucia.es/en/ports-of-andalusia/cadiz/puertode- barbate - click on ‘Batimetria Puerto de Barbate (Mayo 2021)’ for the most recent information. The pilot book reference to these charts is out of date and information for individual Andalucian ports can now be found through: www.puertosdeandalucia.es/en/ports-of-andalusia This information has been added to the latest version of the supplement