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Discover sea fishing in Porthtowan, Cornwall with fast access to Porthtowan Beach, Chapel Porth and Portreath Harbour Breakwater. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Porthtowan, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
7.2 miles from Porthtowan
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...
7.3 miles from Porthtowan
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...
7.4 miles from Porthtowan
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...
7.9 miles from Porthtowan
A long, exposed sandy surf beach on the east side of St Ives Bay between Hayle Towans and Godrevy. Shifting sandbars and gutters form along the tide, with more broken ground toward Godrevy. A classic surf mark for bass and rays; flatties show in calmer spells. Fish the flood into...
8.2 miles from Porthtowan
A long, open, surf beach backed by dunes on the north side of St Ives Bay. Best fished along the gutters and sandbanks on a flooding tide, especially at dawn, dusk or into darkness. Prime targets are surf bass and flatfish; in summer, shoals of mackerel, garfish and scad can...
8.9 miles from Porthtowan
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...
