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Quick links: East Preston Beach · Rustington Beach · Ferring Beach · Littlehampton East Beach · Goring Gap · Littlehampton East Pier

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Marks near Rustington

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East Preston Beach

(6.7/10)

0.8 miles from Rustington

A mainly shingle beach backed by a promenade, with groynes and a gently shelving mixed shingle-and-sand seabed. Easy public access makes it a popular, straightforward Sussex shore mark; it fishes best around a flooding tide and into dusk, with summer species close in and whiting, rays and dogfish more reliable...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Dab

Rustington Beach

(5.9/10)

1.4 miles from Rustington

Rustington Beach is an open shingle shore with timber groynes and a gently shelving mixed shingle-and-sand seabed. It is easily reached from the seafront and nearby parking, with short walks over the beach; fishing is generally best around high water, using the groynes for shelter and structure rather than expecting...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Flounder

Ferring Beach

(6.7/10)

1.6 miles from Rustington

Ferring Beach is an open shingle shore with timber groynes and a generally shallow-to-moderate shelving sea bed, fished from the beach or promenade access points. It is a mobile, seasonal Sussex venue: daylight summer sessions favour bass, bream and mackerel, while evening and autumn tides produce flatfish, rays, smoothhound and...

Bass Whiting Plaice Dover Sole Thornback Ray

Littlehampton East Beach

(6.4/10)

2.2 miles from Rustington

A broad shingle-and-sand beach east of the River Arun mouth, reached easily from Littlehampton seafront and East Beach car parks via short promenade and shingle walks. It is a straightforward open-beach mark, best worked around moving water and after dark for bottom species, with summer lure or float opportunities when...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Flounder

Goring Gap

(6.4/10)

2.5 miles from Rustington

Goring Gap is an open shingle beach on the Worthing–Goring frontage, reached easily from the seafront and nearby residential roads, with short walks over the beach. It is a straightforward mixed-ground Sussex shore mark: fish the deeper water around groynes and any storm-cut gullies, with better sport in a moderate...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Dab

Littlehampton East Pier

(5.9/10)

2.7 miles from Rustington

Littlehampton East Pier is a short, exposed harbour-arm mark at the east side of the River Arun entrance, reached on foot from the seafront and promenade. It offers deeper, tidal water close in and can produce a mixed estuary-and-open-sea catch, but strong flow around the entrance, swell and wet surfaces...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Flounder