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Sea fishing in Langton Matravers, Dorset puts you close to top marks like Dancing Ledge, Seacombe and Swanage Beach. 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.
3.8 miles from Langton Matravers
A long, gently shelving sandy beach in Studland Bay with clean sand and nearby seagrass beds. Productive across flooding tides, especially at dusk and into dark. Best for flatfish with bass in onshore surf, winter whiting, and summer mackerel/garfish; occasional rays and smoothhound. Easy access and facilities via National Trust...
4.4 miles from Langton Matravers
A large, sheltered sandy bay on the Isle of Purbeck facing Poole Bay. Mostly clean sand with a gentle gradient, with occasional weed beds and rockier ground toward Old Harry Rocks and the South Haven entrance to Poole Harbour. Best fished at dawn/dusk or after dark outside the busy bathing...
5.2 miles from Langton Matravers
A wide, sandy beach on the Studland side of the Poole Harbour entrance, just south of the chain ferry. Gentle bars with strong tidal run along the harbour channel create rips and seams that draw baitfish and bass. Best on a flooding tide at first/last light for bass; spring–autumn for...
5.6 miles from Langton Matravers
An extensive system of flat limestone reefs and kelp-filled gullies on the south-facing Jurassic Coast. The ledges provide mixed rough ground with pockets of sand and shallow-to-moderate depth, ideal for wrasse and light-rock fishing in settled, clear water from spring through autumn. Bass and pollack patrol the flooding tide and...
5.6 miles from Langton Matravers
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...
5.7 miles from Langton Matravers
A busy harbour‑mouth slip next to the Sandbanks chain ferry on the Poole side. The mark gives access to a deep, fast tidal channel with a mostly clean sand/shell bottom and strong rips and eddies along the walls and adjacent beach. Summer brings shoals of mackerel, garfish and scad, with...
