2014 - Penarth's Notorious "Witch's Hump" Claims Another Victim exclaims the Penarth Daily News. The photograph says it all : 'Cefn-y-Wrach ….The bank that likes to say “Gotcha!” The report continues :

'Nice sunny day…calm sea all around….setting out on the ebb tide to do a bit of fishing…not a sandbank in sight …and suddenly…Crunch!

The notorious “Cefn-y-Wrach” (Witch’s Back) bank had struck again. The bank – named after its pronounced hump – is always ready to bring to an abrupt halt any vessel daring to attempt a  short-cut over it. Paying the penalty today was a “Passport” fishing boat with a crew of two which had just set out from Cardiff Bay.

A brisk attempt to go astern was of no avail. The boat was stuck fast, leaving the crew with nothing to do but brew up a cuppa, lay out a kedge anchor and wait until the tide turned. Neither the boat or her crew came to any harm and a couple of hours later she was under way again.' - Penarth Daily News - [092] - 15th March 2014

An enlargement clearly shows the mix of mud, boulders and undulating nature of the shoal known at Cefn-y-Wrâch, which as we all know has nothing to do with a Witch's Back but which most likely inherited its name as a result of the vast shoals of tench that once frequented the Severn Sea locally.