Continent |
Europe |
Country |
England (UK) |
Next Big City |
Newquay, Plymouth, Exeter |
Next Town |
Perranporth |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Rescue, Toilet, Food |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
Currents |
Quality: |
No information |
Best Tide: |
High tide |
Atlantic swell from the NW and W. Some shallow flat water around low tide. Popular surfing beach. Beach break waves both right and left. Hollow and powerful working from 3ft and holding 6ft+. Sandy bottom. At its best with a big swell and a SSW-SW Perran sands can offer up near perfect down the line wave riding. Look out for rip tides.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Tidal |
Hazards: |
No information |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
One of the longest beaches in Cornwall. Golden sands. At high tide the beach is split into two, Perran Sands to the North and Perranporth at the town end. Kiting is now forbidden at the Perranporth end. Check signs and maps or speak to the RNLI lifeguards. There is plenty of space to launch and land kites at low to mid tide. At the Perran Sands end there can be room even at high tide. Beware of updrafts over the dunes. It is possible to access the Perran Sands end of the beach via the Haven holiday park and walk through the dunes using an access path or down the steps. DO NOT walk over the dunes as this will cause damage. This is the best end of the beach for kitesurfing now that restrictions apply at the Perranporth end. Its much quiter but there is a NO KITE area around the base of the steps as this is a bathing area for the holiday park.
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Spring:
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Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorty |
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Fall:
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Normal |
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Winter:
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Thick |
Air temperatures can vary from close to 0°C in the winter with wind chill to a sweltering 25-30°C. Thanks to the gulf stream the water temp does not drop below 10°C. It's possible to ride all year round but a good winter suit is needed out of season. Summertime you can get away with a 3/2 summer suit or at least a shorty.
Best Months: |
No information |
Wind Type: |
Frontal |
Best Direction: |
N, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW |
Main Direction: |
No information |
Winds are frontal as with most of the UK. Be aware of squalls and bad weather coming in. Best directions are SSW to N.
Transport |
Car, Bus |
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Access
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No information |
Nearest airport is Newquay (7 miles North) with good links and cheap flights to Stanstead and Gatwick (London). Next is Plymouth linking Newquay to Manchester and other UK airports. Nearest main international airport is Exeter. Rail links to Newquay. Perranporth has Bus links.
Rules |
Zones |
The kitesurf restrictions apply at all times, all year round! Common sense rules. Perran is a very popular surfing beach as well as a bathers beach so please show respect for other beach users especially in the summer months and holiday periods. Do not walk over the dunes as this will cause damage.
There is a bar on the beach called the Wateringhole at the Perranporth end offering a good call for food and drink after a surf. Nightlife is almost non existent in Perranporth but Newquay is only 7 miles to the North and is the surf and party capital of the UK so no shortage of non stop action of all kinds there.
