Chapel Porth.

Chapel Porth sits inside a narrow, cliff-lined cove on the north Cornish coast, producing fast, hollow peaks off a mobile sand bottom. Both left and right options are available, though the configuration shifts with the banks. The wave fires best on a westerly swell with a southeast offshore, and the working window closes sharply above mid tide as the beach is progressively swallowed by the incoming sea - at high water there is no beach and no surf. The Stormrider guide tags it classy; the hollow shape and speed data back that up. Consistency sits at moderate - winter, particularly February, delivers the cleanest and most reliable surf, while summer can be flat or onshore for stretches. The cove's shape offers limited natural shelter, so swell arrives with full Atlantic fetch. Rip currents are notorious here, running along the cliff walls, and in June 2025 RNLI lifeguards intervened after a rip pulled two swimmers out. Access is via a single narrow lane ending at a small National Trust car park; a short walk over pebbles and rocks leads to the sand. The limited parking fills fast on good summer days, adding to crowd pressure. Stormrider rates crowds as often busy; a scan from the clifftop before paddling out is worthwhile both for reading the rips and gauging the lineup.

Hollow barrels in a meter-and-a-half, funnelled tight between St Agnes cliffs.