Surf spots and live cams in Wales

• Llantwit Major Intermediate · Point break
  Llantwit Major is a pebble and boulder beach on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, below the town.
• Southerndown – Dunraven Bay Southerndown · Intermediate · Beach break
  Southerndown is a sand and rock bay under high cliffs on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
• Porthcawl Point Porthcawl · Advanced · Point break
  Porthcawl Point is a right that breaks over rock reef off the headland at the end of the town's seafront, next to the harbour.
• Porthcawl – Coney Beach Porthcawl · Beginner · Beach break
  Coney Beach is the sheltered sandy beach in front of Porthcawl's funfair, tucked behind the point.
• Porthcawl – Rest Bay Porthcawl · Beginner · Beach break
  Rest Bay is Porthcawl's main surf beach: a long, west-facing stretch of sand with rocks at both ends.
• Aberavon Port Talbot · Intermediate · Beach break
  Aberavon is Port Talbot's long town beach, with the steelworks and the harbour breakwater at its south end.
• Langland Bay Mumbles · Beginner · Beach break
  Langland is a south-facing sandy bay just west of Mumbles, the closest Gower surf spot to Swansea.
• Caswell Bay Bishopston · Beginner · Beach break
  Caswell is a small, south-facing sandy bay framed by wooded cliffs, a short drive from Swansea.
• Three Cliffs Bay Penmaen · Intermediate · River mouth
  Three Cliffs is one of Gower's most beautiful bays, where the Pennard stream winds out across the sand below three limestone peaks.
• Horton and Port Eynon Horton · Intermediate · Beach break
  Horton and Port Eynon share one wide, south-east-facing bay near the tip of Gower.
• Fall Bay Rhossili · Intermediate · Beach break
  Fall Bay is a small sandy cove on the south side of the Worm's Head headland, with no road and no buildings in sight.
• Rhossili Bay Rhossili · Intermediate · Beach break
  Rhossili Bay is a 4.5 km arc of sand under Rhossili Down, often named among the best beaches in Britain.
• Llangennith Beginner · Beach break
  Llangennith is the northern half of Rhossili Bay and the best-known surf beach in South Wales.
• Manorbier Intermediate · Beach break
  Manorbier is a small sandy bay below a Norman castle on the south Pembrokeshire coast.
• Freshwater West Castlemartin · Intermediate · Beach break
  Freshwater West is a long, wild beach of sand and rock backed by dunes.
• Marloes Sands Marloes · Intermediate · Beach break
  Marloes Sands is a long, remote beach of sand and tilted rock strata at the tip of the Marloes peninsula.
• Broad Haven Beginner · Beach break
  Broad Haven is a village beach on St Brides Bay, a wide, west-facing stretch of sand.
• Newgale Beginner · Beach break
  Newgale is a 3 km beach of sand backed by a big pebble bank, at the back of St Brides Bay.
• Whitesands – St Davids St Davids · Beginner · Beach break
  Whitesands is a curved sandy bay near St Davids, facing west towards Ramsey Island.
• Llangrannog Beginner · River mouth
  Llangrannog is a small cove village on the Cardigan Bay coast where a stream runs onto the beach.
• Aberystwyth – The Trap Aberystwyth · Intermediate · Reef break
  The Trap is a boulder reef at the south end of Aberystwyth's promenade, next to the harbour and the mouth of the Rheidol and Ystwyth rivers.
• Borth Beginner · Beach break
  Borth is a long, straight sandy beach north of Aberystwyth, with sea defences and groynes along the village.
• Hell's Mouth – Porth Neigwl Abersoch · Intermediate · Beach break
  Hell's Mouth, Porth Neigwl in Welsh, is a 5 km sandy bay on the south side of the Llŷn peninsula, facing south-west.
• Porth Ceiriad Abersoch · Intermediate · Beach break
  Porth Ceiriad is a south-facing sandy cove under cliffs, east of Hell's Mouth.
• Aberdaron Beginner · Beach break
  Aberdaron is a sandy bay in front of a small fishing village near the tip of the Llŷn peninsula.
• Rhosneigr Beginner · Beach break
  Rhosneigr is a village on the west coast of Anglesey with long sandy beaches on both sides.

Wales in the guides

• Surfing in March
  March is one of the most underrated months: winter-sized swells start to calm down, the days get long, and the line-ups are still empty from Brittany to Scotland. The water, though, is as cold as it gets, unless you head for the islands.
• Surfing in April
  April brings long, light evenings and steady spring swells to coasts that are only starting to wake up, from Cornwall and Ireland to Portugal and the Basque Country. The water is still cold, but the season of easy road trips has begun.
• Surfing in May
  Llangennith on Gower and Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire pick up the most swell in Wales, with schools for learners.
• Best spots to learn to surf
  Where to take your first waves: forgiving sandy beaches with surf schools, from Biarritz and the Basque coast to Peniche, the Costa Vicentina and Lanzarote, and from Cornwall and Donegal to the North Sea.
• Cornwall, Devon and Wales surf trip
  Porthcawl, Llangennith on Gower and the Pembrokeshire beaches of Freshwater West and Whitesands, with the Bristol Channel's huge tides.