Fishing in Trecco Bay

0.1 miles from Trecco Bay

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...

0.4 miles from Trecco Bay

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...

0.5 miles from Trecco Bay

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...

0.6 miles from Trecco Bay

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...

0.6 miles from Trecco Bay

Porthcawl Lighthouse Point is a rough-ground rock and ledge mark at the outer end of the harbour area by the lighthouse, fishing into fast tidal flow with kelpy gullies and deeper water close in. Access is on foot along the promenade/breakwater approach with short scrambles onto uneven rocks; it’s best...

0.7 miles from Trecco Bay

Porthcawl Harbour is a small tidal harbour with easy access along the promenade and harbour walls, offering mainly close-range fishing into the channel, harbour mouth and adjacent scoured sand. Expect mixed sport: float-fishing and light ledgering inside for mullet and bass on the flood, and heavier work near the entrance...