[1] A 90-yard (82 m) section of the bay, to the side of the slipway, is used as dry-storage for boats; in recent years this has been targeted by thieves.

The Isle of Wight Coastal Path runs the length of the bay along the seawall.

[4] Leading up to the 19th century, smuggling and wreaking was an island industry in which many families were involved.

The bay is famous for the looting of shipwrecks, where sometimes locals would kill survivors to claim the cargo, many families in the area made their fortunes this way.

[5] In the early 1990s, after a study by the former Department of Environment, the existing sea defences were improved at a cost of £1.6 million, to protect the cliff from erosion.