Fishing in Stormy Down

2.5 miles from Stormy Down

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...

2.7 miles from Stormy Down

Trecco Bay is a wide, gently shelving sandy beach on the east side of Porthcawl, with easy access from the promenade/car parks and plenty of room for a long surf-cast. Fishing is typically clean ground with a bit of mixed sand/shingle, best on a pushing tide and after a bit...

2.7 miles from Stormy Down

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...

2.8 miles from Stormy Down

Sandy Bay (Porthcawl) is a sheltered sandy beach inside the Porthcawl harbour arms, fished mainly from the sand with easy promenade/sea-wall access and short casts into a shallow bay that quickly becomes featureless sand. It’s a comfortable, close-to-town venue best on a flooding tide and into dusk/dark, producing typical inshore...

2.9 miles from Stormy Down

Coney Beach (Porthcawl) is a long, open sandy beach on the Bristol Channel with easy promenade access and plenty of room to spread out. Fishing is mainly clean-ground surf casting for flatfish, rays and hounds, with best sport around the deeper runs and gutters on a making tide; it can...

2.9 miles from Stormy Down

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,...