Fishing in Burcombe, South

24.8 miles from Burcombe, South

A long, sandy, gently shelving beach flanking Boscombe Pier with timber/rock groynes and shifting sandbars. Access is easy from the promenade with nearby parking, toilets and cafés. Best results come at dusk, dawn and after dark, especially with a light surf or when the water is slightly coloured after an...

24.9 miles from Burcombe, South

Open, gently shelving sandy beach between Boscombe and Southbourne with timber groynes and a seasonal cliff lift. Best results come on a flooding tide into dusk or after dark. Whiting and pouting dominate in autumn–winter; summer brings bass in surf, dogfish, mackerel and the odd ray or smoothhound. Night fishing...

24.9 miles from Burcombe, South

A gently shelving sand-and-shingle beach backed by the Steamer Point Nature Reserve between Highcliffe Castle and Friars Cliff. You fish into mostly clean sand with patches of mixed ground and timber groynes. Best results are typically on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings shoals of mackerel,...

24.9 miles from Burcombe, South

Shingle-and-sand beach directly below Highcliffe Castle on Christchurch Bay, with timber/rock groynes and patches of clay and rough ground between cleaner sand. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark, when surf gutters form along the bars. Summer brings bass in the surf, smoothhounds on peeler...

24.9 miles from Burcombe, South

A long, gently shelving sandy beach below the East Cliff between Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers. Clean sand with timber groynes and shifting gutters/bars; fish it on a flooding tide at dusk or after dark once bathers thin out. Plaice show in spring, bass and smoothhounds arrive late spring–summer on crab,...

24.9 miles from Burcombe, South

Alum Chine is a steep-sided wooded chine cutting down to Bournemouth’s sandy beach, with fishing mainly from the open beach and occasional rougher patches near the chine/outfalls. Access is easy via the promenade and zig-zag paths from the clifftop, and the mark fishes as a classic surf-beach venue: clean sand,...