Where is the greatest surf in the UK & Ireland and why?

Question

Where is the greatest surf in the UK & Ireland and why?

Answer 1

There's a place called Newgale in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It's 3 miles of beach with the Atlantic crashing in. I don't know if it's the greatest but a lot of surfers use it.

Answer 2

What about the Severn Bore?  The current record stands at 35 minutes and 5.7 miles - ON ONE WAVE!

Answer 3

On a good day  Bundoran is as good as anywhere in the world !

Answer 4

apparently the north east, saltburn, hartlepool, scarbrough etc  I watched a programme on it last night and they  had some championships held there.  Lots of hidden coves and amazin waves, the northerners are more hardened cos the the awful weather!!

Answer 5

that bloke that never fell off

Answer 6

newquay, but don't know why as I don't surf

Answer 7

I think it would be around the east coast because of the north sea and the strong seas out that way, people say Newquay is but I'm not sure, I have never been surfing in the UK. Kite Surfing is popular here in the UK so is Kayaking.

Answer 8

Sorry kids but your waves are nothing compared to California's.

http://www.mavsurfer.com/

Answer 9

The liquid.it does not clog up the washing machine in the same way that the powder does

Answer 10

swansea, swansea has several rivers all flowing together into one another which creates a unique 'expereince'

in Ireland its down south near ballybunion way, galway is nice town but further south is where the 'waves' are

Answer 11

Fistral Beach, Newquay wins hands down...in fact we have annual competitions there every year...its loads of fun!

Answer 12

Crowds spoil surf, so if anyone knows the answer they're not going to tell you. I think that some surfers have their secret spots and want to keep it that way.

Answer 13

lusty glaze beach , newquay, just before high tide

Answer 14

Keel beach, Achill and lahinch Co Clare. Atlantic coastline

Answer 15

The east coast is the worse. Newquay and fistral beach in cornwall is good and some parts of wales should be ok and some parts of south coast. Most of south and west coast of ireland should be good as the land faces the correct direction for long stretches.

Answer 16

good surf depends on 2 things

1 the waves travelling suffiecient distance to build up to a decent size.  

2 the gradient of the beach

for ireland it will be down west coast and for england the southwest area as the prevailing winds for uk are westerlies

the east coast does not get decent surf waves and becomes messy once over a few feet.  east winds are more common in winter and tend to produce rough seas rather than classic surf waves.

Answer 17

It has to be around Cornwall because of the high waves.

Answer 18

Cornwall is more renowned and there is some good surf there, Fistral at low tide, Constantine Reef up the coast is good and also on the south coast Porthleven.

but the best surf in the UK and Ireland is Donegal: bundoran, tullan, 3D and Fishery cottages. Bundoran is a world class wave on its day.

oh and Newgale in pembrokeshire is terrible surf, having surfed there to learn it is terrible.

There is one place no one has mentioned yet which has one of the best surf spots in the world and no one knows about.

Answer 19

fistral beach , water gate bay

Answer 20

newquay

Answer 21

North Cornwall and North Devon. The rest is just duckponds.

Answer 22

Mwnt in Wales because its very wet and wavy

Answer 23

at gwithian beach in cornwall , i go there sometimes, not much tho