• Thanet Coastal Codes
• Seashore Code
• Bait Digging & Collecting Code
• Dog Walking Code
• Field Trip Code
• Horse Riding Code
• Marine Wildlife Watching Code
• Powercraft Activities Code
• Shellfish Harvesting and Fixed Netting Code
• Shore Angling Code
• Wind powered activities
• Seaweed Harvesting Code
• Fossil Code

Motorboats, personal watercraft, water-skiing

• Keep activities, launches and landings away from the summer breeding grounds and main winter roosts: on the shingle beaches between Minnis Bay and Reculver; within the Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve, except for navigational access to Sandwich.

• If you encounter wildlife, such as seals either at sea or on sandbanks, slow down and give them a wide berth as they can be easily scared by humans. Please follow the NE Kent Marine Wildlife Watching Code for wildlife watching guidelines.

• Avoid damage to the chalk shore by only using the designated launch sites.

• Be considerate to other coastal users, especially swimmers and divers, and clear away from the beach area as soon as possible.

• Keep to the designated activity zones identified on the main bay information signs, or by the Local Authority.

• Join and abide by local water user group schemes eg

Thanet Water User Group's rules and regulations:

Thanet Council run a scheme that involves a barrier 'key' system allowing registered users access to the shore and encourages adequate third party insurance. Rules include keeping barriers locked and not exceeding 8 knots inshore of 400m; except in designated areas (eg water skiing). Contact: wateruser@thanet.gov.uk for further detail.s

• Observe the 'Rules of the Road' (Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972; 'COLREGs') - free sticker available from the RNLI

• Know and follow the RNLI Sea Safety Guidelines as appropriate for your activity.
  
  Booklets are available free of charge from the RNLI covering Motor-boating Personal
  Watercraft, Sea Anglers, Small Boat Users, Sport Diving
  
  
• Boat owners (RYA & BMIF)
• Water skiing (British Water Ski Federation)
• Sea Anglers (NABAC)

• Follow the Personal Water Craft (PWC) Code of Conduct in Kent (Riding Personal Water Craft in Kent, KCC)

Thanet Coast (NEKMPA)

c/o Thanet District Council,

PO Box 9, Cecil Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1XZ
United Kingdom

E-mail:

thanet.coast@thanet.gov.uk

Tony Child

Thanet Coast (NE Kent Marine Protected Area) Officer

Telephone: +44 (0) 1843 577672

(based in Manston Road Depot)