Treworra Barton Holiday Cottages in Davidstow, North Cornwall

Surfing in North Cornwall

Surfing in north Cornwall There is a significant number of excellent surfing beachess within easy range of Treworra. The surfing from these beaches provides a variety of type of waves and caters for the full range of abilities from bodyboarding to big wave surfing and from learner to expert. There are a number of surfing schools in the area, most of which provide equipment sale and hire. All provide qualified instructors for both beginner and intermediate level surfers.

Why not stay at Treworra, and use it as a base for a surfing holiday?

Here are the details for most of the surfing beaches in North Cornwall.

There is a list of the British Surfing Association Approved Surf Schools, that are in the area, after the details of the beaches.

Surfing Beaches

Duckpool

Unsafe. Picks up any swell hitting the North Coast. Badly affected by westerly winds.

Dangers: Unsafe north side. Unsafe low water + 2hrs . Very experienced surfers only.

Sandymouth

Good beginners beach. Faces west, works best with the easterly winds. Typical Beach break with no defined peaks. Wave quality alters with the tide and position of sandbanks. Usually surfed low to 1/4 tide, with fast hollow waves.

Dangers: Watch out for unsafe currents at low water + 2hrs. Rocks at high water. Ferocious rip currents in surf over 5ft.

Northcott Mouth

Southern end of Sandymouth. Rips make it unsuitable for beginners unless surf is small. Best surf low to mid water.

Dangers: Unsafe low water + 2hrs.

Crooklets.

Works well in easterly winds, low tide through to high tide. Five minutes out of Bude, popular with the locals, crowded in Summer. Good right off Wangles Point to the north.

Dangers: Rips can be strong at low tide.

Summerlease Beach.

2 minutes from the town centre. On low tide a fast left hander breaks outside the harbour wall. As the tide rises, a right hander off the breakwater develops and short lefts off the swimming pool.

Dangers: Rip at low tide by the breakwater in surf bigger than 4ft.

Widemouth Bay.

Good beginners beach. Works well on all stages of the tide. Popular with all kinds of craft and abilities.

Dangers: Currents around rocks, especially at low water.

Crackington Haven.

Good left break off rocks at southern end. Best low water to 3/4 tide. Cliffs give shelter from the wind.

Dangers: Strong rips at southern end at low water. Rocks at high water.

Trebarwith Strand.

No beach at high water. West facing picks up a lot of swell. Northern end protected from north winds.

Dangers: Watch the tide!

Polzeath.

SAFE. Good beginners beach break. Right hander off Pentire Point headland at low water. Popular with all types of surfcraft. Can get crowded in summer.

Daymer Bay.

One of the U.K's most popular wave sailing venues good for all abilities. Good right hander at most stages of the tide. Wave size often increases as the tide rises.

Dangers: On big high tides a nasty shore dump can develop, best avoided by beginners.

Constantine Bay.

West facing bay one of the best swell pullers in North Cornwall. Mid to high tide a wave breaks left and right in most swells. At the southern end a left hander breaks over the rocks. Any wind not from the east can ruin the wave.

Dangers: Notorious rip currents , be careful ! Not suitable for beginners, rocks at the west end.

Boobys Bay.

Northern end of Constantine. Excellent right hander for experienced surfers only off the the rocks at the northern end of the beach from mid to low tide.

Dangers: Not suitable for beginners. Strong rips and dangerous rocks!

Treyarnon.

West facing often above average beach break waves. Can be a left hander at the southern end of the bay.

Dangers: There is a strong rip round and out of the bay.

Surf Schools in North Cornwall

Animal Surf Academy operated by Wavehunters

Andy Cameron

Wavehunters Office
11, The Terrace
Port Isaac
North Cornwall
PL29 3SG

0781 5059890

andy.cameron@wavehunters.co.uk
www.wavehunters.co.uk

Atlantic Pursuits

Sam Roberts