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FACTS
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There are currently 250,000 surfers in the UK.
+ The biggest surf normally occurs on a pushing tide, especially
on the Bristol Channel coast.
+ Croyde Bay in North Devon and Fistral Beach in Cornwall
are two of the most popular surfing beaches in Britain.
+ The first ever degree in surfing was offered by the University
of Plymouth.
+ The record for the most number of surfers on a board was
broken in 1989 at Fistral Beach, Newquay. Twelve surfers rode
a 37ft longboard shaped by Tim Mellors.
Praa
Sands and Porthleven
have their own group of hot "locals", who can be found weaving their
magic on the waves when conditions are right.
Cornwall's south coast stretches from Falmouth
in the west to the River Tamar in the east. There are plenty of
surfing locations, yet swell direction plays a major part in the
quality of waves which break on the shore.
The surf is more consistent during the winter, when powerful North
Atlantic swells manage to push past the Lands End/Brittanny gap
causing waves to break along the whole coastline.
Pentewan is one of those very fickle surfing breaks that
works only a handful of times a year, but when it does it鈥檚 worth
the wait in gold.
Towards the Cornwall/Devon border, Whitsand
Bay's picturesque four-mile beach boasts several quality
peaks throughout its length.
Tregantle, Tregonhawke and Sharrow all show
themselves at low tide. The waves will always be a foot or two smaller
than the more exposed beaches at Falmouth and less powerful. But
don鈥檛 let that lure you into a false sense of security - rip currents
can be wicked at low tide.
With such a diversity of surfing locations around Cornwall, it really
is a case of where there's a will, there's a wave!
Click
on locations to take you to the corresponding beach guides.
