Fishing in Sandbay

0.2 miles from Sandbay

Wide, shallow Bristol Channel surf beach just north of Weston-super-Mare, backed by dunes with parking close by. Clean sand with shifting gutters and bars; best results 2–3 hours up to high and the first of the ebb, especially after dark. Summer brings rays and dogfish; autumn–winter sees whiting and the...

1.2 miles from Sandbay

Middle Hope is a tidal rock headland on the north side of Sand Bay near Kewstoke, offering mixed rough-to-clean ground with gullies and sand tongues within casting range. The Bristol Channel’s huge tidal range drives powerful currents; plan sessions around the last couple of hours of flood and first of...

1.3 miles from Sandbay

A tidal rocky headland at the tip of the Middle Hope peninsula near Kewstoke, giving casting access to fast, deep Bristol Channel water over mixed rough ground (limestone ledges, boulders and sand patches). Best on the last 2–3 hours of the flood and first hour of the ebb; big spring...

1.6 miles from Sandbay

Worlebury Rocks is a rocky shoreline mark on the northern side of the Weston-super-Mare/Worlebury headland in the Bristol Channel. The mark features rock ledges, kelp beds and nearby deeper gullies with a very large tidal range and strong currents. Best fished on an incoming or slack tide; access is via...

2.0 miles from Sandbay

Birnbeck Point is a rocky headland beside the derelict Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare. It offers fast, deep, tide-swept water typical of the Bristol Channel with mixed rough ground, kelp, and patches of cleaner sand. Best fished on neap tides and around the flood and first of the ebb; spring tides...

2.1 miles from Sandbay

Wide, gently shelving sand/mud on the north end of Weston Bay, fished from the promenade/sea wall between Knightstone/Marine Lake and towards Birnbeck. Enormous Bristol Channel tides mean the sea races in and retreats fast; the mudflats are dangerous—fish from firm ground only. Best results are 2 hours either side of...