Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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North Cornwall surfing is centred around Bude, which has some excelent breaks. However, as with most areas, some of the best spots are found outside of this limited region. North Cornwall has reefs, beaches and point-breaks providing a surprising variety of surfing. The beach breaks are very affected by the tides, and at weekends the line-ups can get very crowded.
Barras nose hardly ever breaks and when it does its dangerous. "B*tches" and "Devils Palace" are the same place, about 1/4 mile up the coast and around the corner from bossiney, it is deep water and never breaks. Crosstown is a part of sandymouth, Dunsmouth "rivermouth" is weeny and doesn't effect the surf, it is also a part of sandymouth beach, Gullies "gullastem" is rocky and almost impossible access. Hippa rock is always stuck out of the water. Granted, a wave breaks onto it, or surges onto it but it aint ridable. Marsland right is deep water and doesn't break. Allthough you might get a beachbreak at spring low tide. How you get down there is anyones guess. Pengold is the same place as Rusey beach and has dodgy access, a reef which is superdangerous and unridable. Doesn't really qualify as a break. the beach never gets anything because it is either a cliff/shore dump or the reef is breaking which you can't surf. Stanbury is a fat beachbreak and the righthander is only short because the first section closes out and the main section also usually shuts down as the swell is Never in the right direction for it to break well. Also the access is so dodgy at high tide when it is likely to break, you need a death wish to surf it. The box is a legend and allthough real, noone ever surfs it because it is just a scary tube with a fat shoulder. Hardly anyone has the balls. Tremoutha Haven never gets ridden. The big left is at crackington. The left at tremoutha (inner cam point) hardly ever breaks and when it does, everyone will be surfing millook. It is a wave which is there but not the one in the description. Yeol mouth is a beyond weeny cove and allthough it does have a right and left wave, there are 400ft cliffs which prevent access. Nearest access is at higher sharpnose point which is a LONG paddle. Bring a boat. It all boils down to this, between bude and hartland point, all the waves are low tide beachies and the reefs are not doable because off dodgy cliff access. The reef at marsland and spekes are the only 2 real accessible options. You will catch the odd wave if you go looking but you will have to get down the cliffs to find out.
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Surf Spots (54) | ![]() ![]() |
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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Barras Nose | 1 / - | Right | Beach-break | Experienced surfers | |||
Barrets Zawn | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Black Rock | - / - | Pros or kamikaze only... | |||||
Boobies | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
Bossiney haven | 9 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Compass Point | 1 / - | Left | Point-break | ![]() |
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Constantine | - / - | Right and left | Sand-bar | Experienced surfers | |||
Constantine beach | 8 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | Experienced surfers | |||
Constantine Point | 1 / - | Right | Point-break | Experienced surfers | |||
Constantine Reef | 6 / - | Left | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | |||
Crackington Haven | 1 / - | ![]() |
Right | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Crooklets | 3 / - | ![]() |
Beach-break | All surfers | |||
Crosstown (part of Sandymouth) | - / - | Left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Daymer Point | 1 / - | ![]() |
Right | Point-break | Experienced surfers | ||
Death Bay | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Devils Palace Near Grower Rock | 1 / - | Right | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Diggorys | 1 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | |||
Duckpool | 3 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Dunsmouth (part of Sandymouth) | - / - | Right and left | Rivermouth | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Foxhole | - / - | Left | Point-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Golden Burn | - / - | Right and left | Sand-bar | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Gullies - Tintagel | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Harlyn | 20 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
Hippa Rock | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Lundy Bay | 2 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | Experienced surfers | ||
Marsland Point (left) | 1 / - | Left | Point-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Marsland Point (right) | - / - | Right | Point-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Mawgan Porth | 4 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Milbrook | 14 / - | ![]() |
Left | Point-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | |
Mother Ivey's (spot M) | 24 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | |
Nudies | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Pengold | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Phillips Point | 1 / - | Right | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | |||
Polzeath | 21 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
Porthcothan | 1 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Rusey beach - Pengold | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
Sandymouth | 4 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Stanbury Mouth | 1 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Stinky Bay | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Stowe Cliffs | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
The Box | 9 / - | Right | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
The strangles | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | ||
Trebarwith Strand | 9 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Tregardock beach | 1 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Tremoutha Haven (Unmaxibles) | 2 / - | Left | Point-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Trevone | 3 / - | ![]() |
Right | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Treyarnon | 8 / - | ![]() |
Left | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | ||
Upton | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Wanson Mouth | 4 / - | Right | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
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Watergate | 14 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | All surfers | ||
Welcombe mouth | 2 / - | Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Whaley beach | - / - | Left | Point-break | ![]() |
Experienced surfers | ||
Widemouth Bay | 12 / - | ![]() |
Right and left | Beach-break | ![]() |
All surfers | |
Yeol Mouth | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | ![]() |
By Sam , 14-02-2006
- The bloke below is obviously an absolute dick. wat a generalisation. ur the sad one mate if anyone is.
By SNOWBOARD_CHICK05@HOTMAIL.CO.UK , 09-11-2005
SOPHIE - hey dude dont call all english people coz they can surf as good as anyone else k i mean i luv to surf and im english OK
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By Anonymous , 22-03-2008
- still hundreds of sick breaks left in the uk which havent been posted on this website! take a road trip and you might just get some some of the glassy stuff to yourself.