A stunning and extremely well protected anchorage with excellent holding in thick gelatinous mud. We sat out a southerly gale here with hardly a ripple on the water. Unlike some other anchorages in this area  surrounded by high mountains on all sides, Bottleneck Inlet does not seem to be prone to katabatic or fall winds funnelling down from the mountains.

The entrance is not quite as narrow as it appears from the chart and we encountered a least depth of 2.6 above chart datum in the Narrows. No swell seems to reach the Narrows so most pleasure craft could negotiate the entrance at any state of the tide.

The first 2 shallow coves on the southern side after passing through the Narrows have slightly greater depths than the chart would suggest, but the third cove has perfect depths for anchoring just opposite the mouth of the stream entering from the south.