[2] South of Bowmore the entire coastline is a six-mile-long sandy beach stretching to Kintra.

[3] At the mouth of the loch, which lies between Portnahaven to the north and the American Monument on The Oa to the south, the depth is around 40 metres, rising steadily upwards towards the northeast and reaching a depth of barely 10 metres between Laggan Point and Port Charlotte.

The waters of the loch are calm and safe but the approaches are hazardous especially for small vessels.

The eastern shore of the loch is taken up by the six mile length of the Big Strand, the area as a whole being known as Laggan Bay.

The approach from to the northwest runway takes aircraft over Lochindaal at very low altitude giving excellent views of Laggan Bay.