The best surfing beaches in West Cornwall

Surfing Beaches in West Cornwall

Lusty Glaze

Lusty Glaze Beach is a quite small beach at the eastern end of Newquay's main beaches.

Tolcarne

Tolcarne Beach offers a fine expanse of golden sand to its visitors.

Great Western Beach

Great Western Beach is most easily approached from the west by crossing over Towan Beach.

Towan

Towan Beach is a firm favourite with most visitors due to its proximity to the Aquarium and the harbour.

Fistral

Fistral Beach is world reknowned in surfing circles as probably the best surfing beach in the UK.

Crantock

Crantock Beach is quite large at low tide but the beach disappears rapidly on an incoming tide due to its very flat nature.

Polly Joke

Porth Joke Beach lies between the headlands of Kelsey Head and Pentire Point West.

Holywell Bay

Holywell Bay is a west facing fairly level beach, with large dunes and a small stream making up the back of the beach.

Perranporth

The sand at low tide extends over a large area and is extremely flat.

Chapel Porth

There is NO beach at Chapel Porth at high tide and swimming is prohibited. At low tide however, the sea retreats to exhibit fine golden sand.

Porthtowan

The name of this cove in Cornish means 'Cove of dunes'. There is a fairly level beach, even at high tide, growing considerably at low tide.

Portreath

The name of this beach may have derived from the Cornish Porth Treath meaning 'Beach Cove'.

Godrevy Towans

Godrevy Towans marks the northern reach of Hayle Sands.

Porthmeor

Porthmeor Beach is the westernmost of St. Ives' beaches and is a favourite with surfers and bodyboarders.

Gwynver

The beach pronounced locally as 'Gwenvur' is slightly more windswept and rocky that its neighbour and is the haunt of the surfing community.

Whitesand Bay

Whitesand Bay lies just about a mile northeast of Land's End on the western tip of Cornwall. The Bay is made up by the two beaches of Sennen Cove Beach and Gwynver Beach.