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Quick links: Sully Bay · Sully Beach · Bendrick Rock · Barry Docks Outer Breakwater · River Taff Mouth · Barry Docks Breakwater

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Sully Bay

(6.4/10)

2.4 miles from St Andrews Major

Sully Bay is a sheltered, gently curving sandy bay with mixed sand and occasional rough ground toward the edges, fished mainly from the beach with easy access from nearby parking and promenades. It’s a classic Vale surf mark best on flooding tide, producing flatties and rays in summer and mixed...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dab

Sully Beach

(6.3/10)

2.6 miles from St Andrews Major

Sully Beach is a small, sheltered Vale of Glamorgan bay with a mix of sand and shingle and areas of exposed rock/reef at low water, giving both clean-ground and rough-ground options. Access is straightforward from the seafront/parking and a short walk onto the foreshore; fishing is typically better on the...

Bass Pollack Pouting Plaice Flounder

Bendrick Rock

(6.2/10)

2.8 miles from St Andrews Major

Bendrick Rock is a rough, kelpy rock-and-boulder mark on the Vale of Glamorgan shoreline, reached on foot along the coastal path then down steep, sometimes muddy tracks to the foreshore. Fishing is typically from ledges and broken reef into gullies and sand patches, with strong tides and snaggy ground rewarding...

Bass Pollack Flounder Dab Thornback Ray

Barry Docks Outer Breakwater

(6/10)

3.1 miles from St Andrews Major

The outer breakwater at Barry Docks is a long, man‑made rock/concrete arm giving deepish water close in on the seaward side and some shelter inside the harbour mouth. Access is typically by walking out along the breakwater from the docks area; fishing is mainly from the top/edges with mixed rough...

Bass Pouting Whiting Flounder Thornback Ray

River Taff Mouth

(6.2/10)

3.2 miles from St Andrews Major

The River Taff Mouth is an urban estuary mark at Cardiff Bay where the Taff meets the Severn Estuary, fished from paved paths, walls and shingle/sand edges around the barrage/outer bay. Expect strong tides and coloured water with plenty of flow; it’s a mixed ground for flatfish and school species...

Bass Cod Whiting Plaice Flounder

Barry Docks Breakwater

(6.6/10)

3.2 miles from St Andrews Major

Barry Docks Breakwater is a long, exposed harbour-arm made of large boulders with deep water close in, marking the entrance to Barry Docks. Access is usually by walking along the top/inner path from the docks area, then fishing either into the channel mouth or out toward the Bristol Channel; it’s...

Bass Pollack Pouting Flounder Thornback Ray

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