Fishing in Pontycymer

9.5 miles from Pontycymer

Kenfig Sands is a long, open surf beach on the Bridgend coast with easy access from Kenfig National Nature Reserve car parks and a walk across the dunes to the shore. Fishing is typical South Wales surf work: clean sand with occasional small gutters and banks, best on a flooding...

9.7 miles from Pontycymer

Merthyr Mawr Beach (near the Ogmore-by-Sea/river mouth) is a long, sandy surf beach with a gentle gradient and plenty of tide run, best fished by spreading out and covering ground. Access is on foot via dunes/paths from the Merthyr Mawr/Ogmore car parks, with a moderate walk and soft sand. Fishing...

9.7 miles from Pontycymer

Kenfig Pool Outfall is the outlet stream from Kenfig Pool cutting across the sand and draining onto Kenfig Sands; it fishes as a mobile surf/beach mark with a bit of coloured water and a small gully/mouth that changes after tides and weather. Access is on foot across the dunes from...

9.8 miles from Pontycymer

Ogmore Estuary is the tidal mouth of the River Ogmore at Ogmore-by-Sea, with easy access from nearby parking and short walks onto sand/mud flats and the channel edges. Fishing is typical estuary work: best around moving water on the flood/ebb with baits fished on the deeper runnels and out toward...

9.8 miles from Pontycymer

Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes fronts a long, open sandy shore at the mouth of the River Ogmore, with access on foot via dune paths from the car parks and a fair walk depending on tide height. Fishing is typical surf-beach work: long casts to clean sand for flatties and dogfish,...

9.9 miles from Pontycymer

Newton Beach sits on the Swansea Bay side of Porthcawl with easy access from the seafront and car parks, fishing as a gently shelving sandy beach with occasional mixed patches and a relatively clean bottom. It’s mainly a casting venue for flatfish and school bass, with sport improving on the...