Barry Docks of leads to the dock basin entrance. The channel has a least depth of , with a depth of at spring tides and at neap tides. At high-water spring tides the depth of water at the entrance to the basin is . At high-water neap tides it is . There are several moorings for yachts and small craft on the west of the tidal basin. The original entrance to the docks is wide, with two wrought-iron gates operated by direct acting hydraulic cylinders. This sea entrance leads into the Basin, (rarely called No.3 dock), that is and covers . At
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