Ilfracombe

4.2 miles from Ilfracombe

A small, secluded rocky cove between Mortehoe and Morte Point on the North Devon coast. Grunta Beach offers rough-ground fishing from rock ledges and boulder platforms with kelp-filled gullies and occasional sand patches within casting range. Best in calm to moderate swell, it produces reliable summer wrasse and pollack on...

4.4 miles from Ilfracombe

A small shell-and-sand cove just north of Woolacombe with rocky ledges on both flanks and clean sand in the middle. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer brings baitfish and predators tight to the points, while the rock edges hold wrasse. Space is limited at high water and Atlantic...

4.8 miles from Ilfracombe

A long, exposed Atlantic surf beach backed by dunes, best fished around the tidal gutters and rips that form between shifting sandbars. Productive at dusk, dawn, and after dark once bathers/surfers clear. Summer brings bass, small-eyed rays and dogfish; winter sees whiting and dabs on calmer days. Use the flood...

4.8 miles from Ilfracombe

Morte Point is a rugged rocky headland near Mortehoe with steep slate ledges, deep gullies and a powerful tide race around the Morte Stone. It offers deep water within casting range and prolific rough-ground habitat for wrasse and pollack, with summer pelagics moving through the rips. It is exposed to...

5.6 miles from Ilfracombe

Long, exposed sandy beach at the southern end of Woolacombe Bay with clean sand, surf gutters and rocky fringes toward Baggy Point. Best fished on a flooding tide into dusk or after dark when the surf eases. Target small-eyed rays and dogfish at range over clean ground; bass work the...

7.0 miles from Ilfracombe

A west-facing surf beach between Baggy Point and Downend with shifting sandbars and gutters. Best after a blow as the swell eases, on a flooding tide into dusk or dawn. Target close-in gutters for bass; long casts to the outer bar produce rays and winter whiting. Summer brings weever fish...