Colan

6.5 miles from Colan

A wide, surf‑swept sandy beach backed by high dunes with rocky headlands at both ends and Gull Rocks offshore. Holywell Bay fishes best on a dropping swell and during the flood around the surf gutters and channels. Night tides produce dogfish and rays on the clean sand; daylight and dusk...

6.9 miles from Colan

A broad, sandy Atlantic surf beach with rocky headlands at both ends, Porthcothan Bay fishes well on a flooding tide after a bit of swell has settled. The clean sand holds bass, flatfish and small-eyed rays, while the kelp-lined gullies off the rocks offer wrasse and pollack in calmer, clearer...

7.3 miles from Colan

Penhale Sands is a long, exposed Atlantic surf beach between Perranporth and Ligger Point, backed by high dunes. It fishes best on a flooding tide when gutters and sandbars form, especially at dusk and into darkness. Look for pronounced rips and channels after a blow; work the first and second...

7.9 miles from Colan

Treyarnon Bay is a west-facing sandy beach with rocky headlands and gullies at either end, offering mixed-ground fishing. The surf beach produces bass in a rolling sea, while the kelp-fringed rocks to the north and south hold wrasse and pollack. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad to the points on...

8.0 miles from Colan

A wide Atlantic-facing surf beach backed by dunes and cliffs, with shifting sandbars, gutters and a small river entering at the northern end. Fish the flooding tide into dusk or first light, working the white water along bar edges and channel mouths. Summer and early autumn produce bass, small-eyed rays...

8.4 miles from Colan

A prominent rocky headland on the west side of Perranporth Bay, offering mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and pockets that drop onto cleaner sand at range. It fishes best on a flooding tide into the first couple of hours of the ebb, especially around dawn or dusk when water...