Disclaimer

A travel guide, not a navigation aid

Jetty Hop helps you plan where to stop, eat and explore. It is not a chart and must not be used for navigation. Always use the official charts and navigation guides, follow the bye-laws and rules of the waterway you are on, check the current Waterways Ireland marine notices and follow your hire company’s advice and limits.

Accuracy

We check information on site where a listing says so, and we date every check. Things still change: businesses close, opening hours and prices move, jetties are repaired or closed. Information marked “to be checked” or “Not yet checked on site” has not been verified by us. Items under “Nearby on OpenStreetMap” come from OpenStreetMap and are not checked by us.

Moorings and private marinas

A mooring’s access label says who may tie up there, as far as we know. Visitor rules at many private marinas and clubs are not yet checked: they are labelled “Private · not yet checked”. Never assume you may berth there: call ahead. Time limits and fees can change; the signs on site and the operator’s rules always come first.

Lock and bridge times

Lock and bridge hours come from Waterways Ireland’s published information, in our own words. They change with the seasons and at short notice (repairs, low water, events). Always check the marine notices before you set off. Where no hours are set for a day, we say so and never guess “open” or “closed”.

Weather, warnings and our wind advice

Forecasts, weather warnings and the inland lakes forecast come from Met Éireann, and the weather warnings for Northern Ireland from the Met Office, shown with the time they were fetched. We convert the forecast wind to knots and Beaufort, summarise the forecast and show it with our own symbols. Warnings and the lakes forecast are shown unaltered. All of them can be delayed or unavailable, especially offline. For official and up-to-date warnings, see met.ie/warnings and the Met Office.

The “guide wind advice” badge is our own rule of thumb based on the forecast wind. It is not a Met Éireann or Met Office warning, and no official wind limit exists for Ireland’s inland lakes. Your hire company’s wind limits always come first.

Water level

Water levels come from the Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie). They are provisional, unchecked real-time data and may be wrong or delayed. The “low / normal / high” bands are calculated by us and are not OPW thresholds. We show no water levels for the waterways in Northern Ireland. Do not use any of them to decide whether there is enough depth for your boat.

Distances, trip plans and itineraries

Distances marked “computed” are calculated along the water areas mapped in OpenStreetMap. They are approximate: they ignore the marked navigation channel, shallows and bridges, and the way you actually travel can be longer. Where the map data has no path by water, we show the straight-line distance, labelled “as the crow flies”. Distances are not routes.

The trip planner and the itineraries estimate distances, locks and cruising times from a network derived from OpenStreetMap and from assumed speeds; lake crossings are approximate. They are estimates for planning, not routes to steer by.

Marks and routes

The map’s “Marks & routes” layer shows navigation marks from OpenStreetMap and any routes we have drawn from local knowledge or from recorded GPS tracks. We do not check the marks: they may be missing, moved or out of date. The routes are not surveyed: they show a typical line or a recorded track, not a safe channel or the depth. Not for navigation: steer by the official chart and the marks on the water.

Links and listings

We link to other websites and list businesses for your convenience. We are not responsible for their content, services or prices. Sponsored listings are always labelled “Ad · Sponsored”, and links that earn us a commission are labelled “Partner link”; neither ever affects mooring or safety information.

Liability

The guide is provided “as is”, without any warranty. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use.

Emergencies

In an emergency on the water, call 112 or 999 and ask for the Coast Guard. Both numbers work in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.