North Cornwall Surf Spots

Bude's town beach break with a mid/high-tide right off the sea pool and a low-tide left, over sand, suited to beginners in small surf.

Shifting sandbank beach break north of Bude, producing fast, hollow lefts and rights in westerly swells at low to mid tide.

Bude's busy north town beach, delivering fast, punchy sandbar peaks and a high-tide left off Tower Rock.

Long Atlantic beach and reef combo south of Bude, firing on SW swells with peaks spread across its full length.

Inconsistent low-tide right-hander off rocks in a remote National Trust cove, best on SW-NW swells with an easterly offshore.

NW-facing North Cornwall beachbreak firing steep, fast peaks when big Atlantic swell wraps into the bay.

Mixed beach-and-reef break in a sheltered NW-facing cove, with gentle peaks for beginners and a fickle south-side reef left.

Multi-section bay with central A-frame peaks, a left reef at the south end, and a fickle low-tide right at Booby's to the north.

Sheltered north-facing beach break near Padstow that works when Atlantic storms make exposed coasts too big.

Sheltered cliff-backed cove break offering soft, forgiving peaks on a mixed reef-and-sand bottom in North Cornwall.

Fickle north Cornwall beachbreak with a-frame peaks off sandbanks, best on small clean swells at low to mid tide.

Wide Cornish beachbreak with slow, walling a-frame peaks on a sandy bottom, ideal for beginners and intermediates.

West-facing Cornish beach break producing hollow lefts and rights on sand, best at low to mid tide on SW-NW swells.