Loch Creran

I am really not sure if Loch Creran is worth the effort. Somehow it is a rather dull loch, albeit with nice mountains at the end heading up towards Glencoe. The road down each side is obtrusive, and so are the houses. It is generally too populated for my taste, and anyway anchoring these days is very restricted because it is now a Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC); there are bedrock and biogenic reefs of the tube worm Serpula vermicularis (known as serpulid reefs) and the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus (known as horse mussel beds) which can be damaged by anchors. Furthermore, the two best things are rather out of range. You can’t anchor satisfactorily near the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary  or the Isle of Eriska Hotel

Anchorages in Loch Creran:

Sawmill Bay

South Shian

Creagan

Barcaldine