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South West
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Towan is good for beginners as its pretty mellow (although it can get suckey at low tide). Occasional fun high tide wedge on big swells. Great Western picks up more swell and like Towan is predominantly a closeout. |
South Coast
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Brighton is a bustling seaside town with three main spots. Go west to find Shoreham beachie; there’s not much happening eastwards until you get to Camber Sands (a fun beachie).
Southwest windswells during the autumn and winter months provide most of the waves. The Pier offers slow peeling lefts and rights at low tide, best for longboarders. The Wedge is a right which has some shelter from westerlies and breaks off the stone breakwater; popular with bodyboarders. On a big swell, better quality rights break over the chalk-and-flint reef at The Marina which works best around mid tide. It can get pretty crowded, so is best for experienced surfers only. Southwest windswells during the autumn and winter months provide most of the waves. Expect surf when there’s a big SW swell pushing up the Channel. Look for a big low in Biscay or further afield and follow its progress, if it heads NW, you know you stand a good chance for waves. On a SW wind you‚Äôll find Brighton pumping with a large number of surfers out, and bodyboarders charging the gnarly shore dumps. Brighton goes off when there is a big swell pushing up the Channel, with a SW or W wind, and as the wind turns NW it goes offshore. |
East Coast
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The North East has some excellent breaks which work predominately from Arctic groundswells. Occasionally when there is a high pressure over the continent on an easterly wind the surf will pump too. Scarborough waves are either side of the headland. North Bay faces North and breaks over sand and rocks.
South Bay is a beach break and needs a big swell to work. Because of the harbour wall at Scarborough, both breaks work at mid to low-tide only. Lighthouse Pier is a break in the South Bay, works on big swells. Cayton Bay works at all states of tide. North East facing, it has gnarly left reef point which works on big swells on a high tide (The Point). The Pumphouse is a mid to high tide spot and Bunkers at the southern end is a beachbreak which works best from mid to high tide. Saltburn has good beachbreak peaks either side of the pier, best around high tide. |
Scotland
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Coldingham Bay beach is one of the cleanest, beautifull and best-sheltered beaches on the east coast of Scotland, making it an ideal choice for the family holiday or a fun day at the beach. When the conditions are right surfing at Coldingham bay is as good as anywhere in Scotland. Needs a fairly big swell to get it working. |
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Porthcawl is major surfing and bodyboarding area. It breaks on most swells so most surfers don’t venture out of the area much. Consequently it does get crowded but because of the nature of the coastline, with many small bays and points, there are still some uncrowded spots near the main areas. The most consistent place and most crowded break is Rest Bay. |
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Llangennith, in Rhossili Bay. It’s a beach break, and local surf shop owner Pete Jones describes it as “…a good closeout. It will hold a big swell but anything over six feet and it’s very hard to paddle out. When it gets maxed out here though, Rhossili at the south end of the bay is more sheltered. One good thing about Llangennith is that it can work quite well when it’s on-shore.” There’s a car park and campsite directly behind the dunes so at weekends it gets pretty crowded. However a few minutes walk north and you can find an uncrowded wave. |
Ireland
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Portrush. Around Portrush there’s a dedicated group of bodyboarders who rip the fast, powerful,’French style’ beach breaks at… Port Stewart, Portrush, Portballintrae, White Rocks, and Benone. Lahinch is a great little town with a thriving and friendly surf community, three surf shops, and some fine pubs.
The following breaks are all within walking distance of the town, face west and require a biggish swell to break ‚Äî other spots in the area can be six- to eight-feet when Lahinch is two- to three-feet. Lahinch Beach is popular with beginners and intermediates and can be good if the sandbars are lined up. A-frames and a rip on the lefthand side to take you out. Lahinch Left is a long, long tubey left and offshore in a south-easterly. Shallow at low tide and usually crowded. Not for beginners. Cregg Left is another left reefbreak, generally best from low- to mid-tide. Cornish Reef can hold waves to 10 feet. Best at low tide. Lots of shallow and hollow sections to keep things interesting! Further left still is Shit Creek, for experts only, best from mid- to high tide. It is said that Ireland has some of the most consistent surf in Europe. If there is a deep low centred on Iceland, the west and north coasts will pump. With reefs, points and beaches the place has got it all making for endless potential… |
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