| GWYNIAD | Welsh swimmer, close to buoy, wading out |
| ROBERTS | David ....... , Welsh swimmer, an 11-time Paralympic gold medallist (7) |
| HEARTEN | Are flitting in, then out, to buoy one up (7) |
| LAGAN | Goods or wreckage on seabed attached to buoy for recovery (5) |
| SMEW | Duck gets me wading out to the middle (4) |
| EGRET | One wading out of water gets swept back (5) |
| EELS | Both stripped, wet Welsh swimmers (4) |
| HERRING | Swimmer close to finish, miscalculating (7) |
| LOTTERY | Game of chance left swimmer close to quay (7) |
| FISHY | Suspicious swimmer close to quay (5) |
| CRABBERS | Decapod hunters or crustacean fishers, out on like-named boats, usually with creels, drop-nets or inkwell pots attached to buoys or floats (8) |
| TSUNAMIS | Pressure sensors attached to buoys are parts of their warning systems |
| SEAL | A swimmer's close (4) |
| BEACON | Fire on a hill originally to give warning of an approaching enemy; or, an aid to navigation at sea such as a buoy or lighthouse (6) |
| DEBTORS | Shark victims sorted out clutching top of buoy (7) |
| LIFERAFT | Rescue vessel, trapped by buoy, to proceed back |
| LOOKONTHEBRIGHTSIDE | Be hopeful, heading for buoy in focus to starboard |
| BOREAL | Buoy oddly on a lake to the North (6) |
| NUN | ___ buoy - conical shaped navigational buoy (3) |
| KEYWEST | Home to a SOUTHERNMOST POINT buoy |
