Surf Spots
Porthcawl boasts the most popular local surfing spots, with Rest Bay busy with
both beginners and experienced surfers most days because of its consistency
and surprising quality on decent swells. Coney beach can offer a nice surf spot
for beginners with a little swell, and upon occasion for the more advanced - it
works best on large SW swells when everywhere else is either too big or blown
out. Aberafon (nicknamed 'Aberheaven') by Port Talbot is not the cleanest or the
most picturesque spot you're ever likely to surf, but it is renowned for its ability to
hold big swells, and big logs! Ogmore is a rivermouth break, Southerdown a
beach break with reef on the right hand side, and Llantwit Major a decent right
hand point break to the left of the beach - all can offer great surf when it's on!
East Wales Coast
West Wales coastline streches down from Port Talbot all the way through the
Mumbles, and has some great beaches and surfing on offer. Caswell Bay is
good for beginners and holds small surf. Three Cliffs Bay is a quiet spot and a
nice beach break but you need to be careful of rips. Oxwich Bay and Port Eynon
are nice beaches but only work with massive swell. Langland Bay and
Llangennith are probably the most popular spots with both offering fairly
consistent waves, Langland is for more experienced surfers wheras Llangenith
caters for all abllities. Rhossili is a good place to head in a howling South or
South Westerly. It is always a couple of feet smaller than Llangenith, but can still
have a great wave towards high water.
west Wales Coast
South West Wales has a fantastic coastline, and can be popular with both tourists
and surfers alike. The best spot in the area is Freshwater West - a beautiful wind
swept, exposed beach, it is arguably the most consistent surf spot in Wales. It
picks up any swell going and holds waves up to around 6ft before becoming
unmanageable. Broadhaven South is a favoured big wave spot - a truly hideous
wave which often comes in at acute angles to the beach. It tends to work best in
Winter, but Autumn and Spring can also produce good waves. Freshwater East is
a fickle, powerful and often hollow shorebreak, well known for snapping boards,
fins and bodies, but only really works properly in the winter. Newgale and
Whitesands are fairly consistent breaks where you can catch some nice waves.
South west Wales Coast
