Portmellon

7.1 miles from Portmellon

Par Beach (Par Sands) is a long, shallow-gradient sandy beach on St Austell Bay, backed by dunes and a lagoon. It offers easy, level access from the main car park and mostly clean ground with occasional fine shingle. The Par River creates gutters and channels that draw bass and flatfish,...

7.2 miles from Portmellon

Exposed rocky headland on the Roseland Peninsula with deep water close in, kelp-filled gullies and strong tidal movement around Gull Rock. Best on a flooding tide at dawn or dusk through late spring to autumn. Steep, uneven access via the coast path; watch for swell and rising water on ledges.

7.6 miles from Portmellon

Rocky headland directly below St Catherine’s Castle at the mouth of Fowey Harbour. Deep water tight to the rocks with kelp, boulders and ledges, and a strong tidal run across the harbour mouth. Best on neap to mid tides or the first/last couple of hours of the flood/ebb in settled...

7.8 miles from Portmellon

Sheltered south-facing sandy cove at the mouth of the Fowey estuary, backed by cliffs and overlooked by St Catherine’s Castle. Clean sand in the centre with rough, kelpy rock fringes on both sides. The beach fishes best early/late or outside busy bathing times; work the rocky margins for wrasse and...

7.9 miles from Portmellon

A south-facing sandy beach on the Roseland Peninsula, backed by dunes and the Nare Hotel, with clean sand channels and rocky patches at either end. Fish the flooding tide, especially at dusk or into darkness; daylight favors scratching for flats at range while the rocky points hold wrasse and pollack....

8.2 miles from Portmellon

A long, south-facing sandy beach in Gerrans Bay on the Roseland Peninsula, merging with Carne Beach at low tide. Clean sand with shifting bars and gullies, plus rocky fringes at either end. A reliable surf mark for bass and flatfish; dogfish and rays over the cleaner ground; summer mackerel, garfish...