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Sea fishing in East Chaldon, Dorset puts you close to top marks like Durdle Door, Durdle Pier and Man O'War Bay. 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.
7.7 miles from East Chaldon
A series of flat limestone ledges beneath Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge Bay, offering clear water, kelp-filled gullies and quick access to deeper channels on a flooding tide; best in settled weather from late spring to autumn, with productive lure and float fishing but beware swell, slippery weed and rockfall from...
8.1 miles from East Chaldon
A small, sheltered shingle/sand beach in Portland Harbour beneath Sandsfoot Castle. Clean, gently shelving ground with patches of weed and occasional rock at the margins. Best fished on a flooding tide through high water with light tackle. Summer brings shoaling mackerel, garfish and scad; bass and mullet patrol the margins...
8.3 miles from East Chaldon
Sandsfoot Castle sits on the north side of Portland Harbour near Weymouth, offering sheltered rock and shingle ledges with sand and weed patches in front. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings surface activity and bait fish; winter sees small whiting and pouting....
8.6 miles from East Chaldon
Rugged rock and boulder shoreline beneath the eastern cliffs of Portland. East Weares offers kelp-filled gullies, rough ground and occasional sandy patches, with relatively deep water close in. Best in settled weather with a light swell and some water clarity. Daylight suits wrasse and pollack around weed beds and reef...
8.8 miles from East Chaldon
Exposed limestone rock ledges on the east side of Portland with deep water close in over kelp and boulder ground. Best on a flooding tide, with dawn/dusk producing for predators; after dark the mark comes alive for conger and pout. Long, uneven approach with a scramble down—only for sure-footed anglers...
9.0 miles from East Chaldon
Sheltered shingle-and-sand on the Portland Harbour side at Ferrybridge (Smallmouth Bay), with easy parking and level access. Clean-to-mixed ground with patches of boulders; best on a flooding tide and into dusk when baitfish push in. Suits light ledgering, float tactics and small metals/feathers. Summer brings mackerel, scad, garfish and mullet;...
