Penponds

4.4 miles from Penponds

An exposed rocky headland at the northeast side of St Ives Bay facing Godrevy Lighthouse. The mark offers deep kelp-filled gullies, ledges and rough ground dropping into clean sand, giving year-round options. Prime times are the flood tide and dusk, with summer–autumn best for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, and...

4.4 miles from Penponds

Long, dune-backed surf beach between Hayle and Gwithian on St Ives Bay. Clean sand with shifting bars and gutters; fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings bass, small-eyed ray and turbot; winter sees whiting and flatfish. Expect surf, rips and a walk through the...

4.4 miles from Penponds

Exposed granite rock ledges facing the Atlantic around Godrevy Lighthouse on the north side of St Ives Bay. Deep water meets kelp-filled gullies with strong tidal movement around the island, producing consistent sport with pollack and wrasse, plus summer pelagics. Best in settled weather with a light swell and clear...

5.4 miles from Penponds

Expansive surf beach backed by dunes on the east side of the Hayle Estuary (St Ives Bay). Mostly clean sand with shifting bars and gutters; deeper water and strong tidal pull near the estuary channel. Good for surf bass, flatfish and winter whiting; summer can see mackerel, scad and garfish,...

5.7 miles from Penponds

A wide, shallow sandy beach on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, Porth Kidney Sands offers productive surf and channel fishing. Shifting sandbars and tidal gullies draw fish on the flood and into dusk, with the estuary mouth providing extra movement and food. Expect bass and flatfish through the...

5.9 miles from Penponds

Also known as Porth Kidney Sands, Lelant Beach sits on the eastern side of St Ives Bay at the mouth of the Hayle Estuary. It’s a wide, gently shelving sand beach with shifting bars, gutters and a powerful main channel that fishes best on the flood and first of the...