West Cornwall Surf Spots

Punchy beach break peaks over rock ledge and sand at St Agnes (Trevaunance Cove), Cornwall, firing on west swells.

Fast, hollow right-hand sandbar at the Hayle estuary, firing on big SW-NW swells with light southerly winds.

Powerful, hollow Atlantic beachbreak with shifting A-frame peaks firing on west swells.

Cornwall's premier reef break - a fast, hollow, shallow A-frame beside the harbour wall firing on solid SW swells.

Hollow, fast north-facing beachbreak in St Ives, producing a-frame peaks and a right off The Island on SW-NW swells.

Sheltered sandy beach break south of Godrevy offering shifting a-frame peaks suited to beginners and intermediates.

Fickle but rewarding North Cornwall beach break with shifting A-frame peaks over sand, best at low to mid tide on W swell.

Sandy beachbreak at Perranporth's south end producing a punchy, medium-speed left beneath Droskyn Point when sandbanks align.

Exposed Atlantic beachbreak at the north end of St Ives Bay, with lefts and rights off shifting Red River sandbars.

Sheltered Lizard Peninsula beach break producing lefts and rights on solid SW swells, divided by a central rock outcrop.

Fast, hollow beach break in a narrow National Trust cove that vanishes at high tide; best on W swell with SE winds.

Britain's most westerly beach break: punchy, shifting peaks on a sand bottom firing best on SW swells with an easterly wind.

Sheltered, mellow south-facing beachbreak in Mount's Bay with peaks at low-to-mid tide, best on SW swells.

Fast, hollow sand-bottom beach break in Mount's Bay, firing on SW swells with NE winds offshore.