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Planning a session in Saunton Sands, Devon? Start with Saunton Sands, Downend Point and Croyde Bay. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
3.4 miles from Saunton Sands
Expansive sand and shingle fronted by the Pebble Ridge with the Skern estuary on the landward side. Productive in a surf for bass and summer smoothhounds, with small-eyed and spotted rays on settled evenings. The Skern channels hold thin-lipped mullet and flounder. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; target...
3.8 miles from Saunton Sands
Wide west-facing surf beach backed by the Northam Burrows pebble ridge on Bideford Bay. Shallow, shifting sandbars create gutters that hold fish on the flood and first of the ebb. Best results at dusk or after dark on a rising tide; target the first and second gutters and any rip...
4.0 miles from Saunton Sands
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...
4.9 miles from Saunton Sands
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...
5.3 miles from Saunton Sands
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...
5.7 miles from Saunton Sands
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...
