FISHGUARD BAY

Cliffs lining Fishguard Bay limit the number of possible launch points to just two; one in Fishguard itself and the other in neighbouring Goodwick. It’s a gusty (…)

NEWPORT SANDS – PARROG BEACH

Newport Sands – Parrog Beach. This large horseshoe bay provides generally small waves and so is ideal for beginners. At Parrog Beach, it is only possible to (…)

POPPIT SANDS

Poppit Sands is a broad sandy beach where the Afon Teifi estuary meets Cardigan Bay. There’s lots of car parking in the dunes behind the beach so it (…)

NEW QUAY BAY

Located next to a quay built in the nineteenth century, New Quay Bay has a large horseshoe bay that is protected from rough seas. This together with (…)

ABERAERON

Described as a “minefield of rocks” by some of the locals, you can imagine that Aberaeron is an easy place to loose a fin. The steeply shelving (…)

BORTH

This sandy W facing beach generally offers good sailing conditions in most tides. The best winds are NW and SW and these create fairly good slalom or (…)

TYWYN

The long sandy beach at Tywyn is not as popular with the locals as many other beaches in the area and rarely gets crowded as a result (…)

BARMOUTH BAY

Barmouth Bay is very popular with people from the Midlands and as a result can sometimes get crowded. When the winds pick up the sailing conditions can (…)

BLACK ROCK SANDS – MORFA BYCHAN

Black Rock Sands – Morfa Bychan. This long beach has fairly flat water in light winds and is ideal for beginners during these conditions. However, there is (…)

GLAN-Y-DON BEACH

Glan-y-don Beach. This bay used to be excellent for flat water sailing until the marina was built! Now there is a large wind shadow and very light (…)

PWLLHELI

Pwllheli South Beach is a sandy S facing beach that is quite steep and there can be a fairly vicious shorebreak because of this. The seas are generally (…)

ABERSOCH MAIN BEACH

This E facing beach mainly offers slalom and flat water sailing conditions, as there are very few waves. Abersoch Main Beach is cleaned every day and so (…)

ABERSOCH QUARRY BEACH

Not as popular as the main beach, Abersoch Quarry Beach has similar sailing conditions but less amenities. The best winds are W which create good bump and (…)

PORTH CEIRIAD

High cliffs either side of the beach make access to Porth Ceiriad very difficult. This beach is also very unpopular because the beach is fairly steep making (…)

HELLS MOUTH

Described by some of the locals to have amazing sailing conditions, Hells Mouth is a very popular beach. A reef break to the right of the beach (…)

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