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Sea fishing in Hartland, Devon puts you close to top marks like Windbury Head, Blegberry and Hartland Quay. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
7.3 miles from Hartland
An exposed rocky headland on Cornwall’s north coast with deep, clear water and strong tidal flow. Productive in settled conditions for lure and float fishing from high, narrow ledges; a long, steep approach via the coast path. Best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide in late spring to autumn for...
7.5 miles from Hartland
Secluded shingle and boulder beach backed by red cliffs between Westward Ho! and Clovelly. Access is via a long, steep woodland track from the A39/Horns Cross, then along the coast path, so pack light. Mixed to rough ground with kelp, gullies and low-tide rock shelves, with sandy patches in the...
7.9 miles from Hartland
Remote, rugged cove on the north Cornwall coast between Sandymouth and Duckpool near Morwenstow. Access is via the South West Coast Path and a steep, sometimes slippery descent to a boulder-and-sand pocket beach flanked by kelp-grown rock ledges. The ground is mixed rough with gullies, ledges and patches of sand...
8.8 miles from Hartland
Duckpool is a rugged National Trust cove north of Bude with steep cliffs, a boulder/pebble beach and prominent rocky headlands. The ground is mixed and snaggy with kelp-filled gullies and ledges that drop into deeper water on the flood, making it a classic rough-ground rock mark. Summer brings wrasse and...
9.2 miles from Hartland
A rugged North Devon rock mark beneath the Greencliff/Abbotsham cliffs. You fish from low-tide rock platforms and boulder scars into kelp-filled gullies that drop into mixed rough with clean sand patches. It’s a classic summer–autumn venue for wrasse, pollack, bass, mackerel and garfish; after dark it can throw up conger...
9.6 miles from Hartland
A broad, exposed surf beach north of Bude with long sandbars, shingle at the top, and rocky ledges at either end. Gutters and channels open up on the ebb and early flood, and a stream runs across the beach creating food-rich seams. It’s a productive summer–autumn surf mark for bass...
