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1.2 miles from Shop

Broad west-facing sandy bay near Padstow with easy parking and access. Clean surf over sand with rocky headlands at both ends. Fishes well on a flooding tide into dusk or after a westerly blow as the sea settles. Bass work the surf gutters; summer flatfish (especially turbot) patrol the banks;...

1.3 miles from Shop

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...

1.4 miles from Shop

Exposed Atlantic surf beach with rocky headlands at either end (towards Booby’s Bay and Treyarnon). Productive for surf bass and seasonal flatfish on the clean sand, with wrasse and pollack from the adjacent rocks. Best at dawn/dusk or after dark on a flooding tide; calmer, clear seas favour turbot and...

1.7 miles from Shop

A broad Atlantic-facing surf beach with rocky reefs and kelp gullies at both ends beneath Trevose Head. Best for bass in lively surf at dawn/dusk; summer brings mackerel and garfish close, while the reefs hold wrasse and pollack. On calmer, settled nights the sandy expanses can throw up small-eyed rays...

1.7 miles from Shop

A crescent of clean sand with prominent rocky headlands and kelp-lined gullies (Newtrain/Rocky Beach) on either side. Good summer sport from the rocks for wrasse and pollack; the beach produces bass in surf and occasional rays and turbot over the cleaner ground. Best on a flooding to high tide with...

1.7 miles from Shop

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...