No fear when the forecast says no surf!
If you are here in the UK for August, and the surf is flat, here’s some ideas for enjoying the coastline in Cornwall. Bring your wetsuit, you’ll still need it!
Swim in a rock pool
There are some fantastic naturally occurring rockpools to be found along the British coast. In North Cornwall Treyarnon Cove is great for [...]
Relentless Boardmasters Festival - Tuesday 4th to Sunday 9th August
This year’s Boardmasters Festival takes place in just over a week’s time. It’ll be held on our doorstep; at Fistral Beach for the surfing, and Watergate Bay for the partying, in Newquay. Highlights of the festival include the Men’s WQS, live music, skateboarding, and after parties.
The 5 Star Pro Men’s World Qualifying Series (WQS) at [...]
Local weather condtions
Today’s blog will consider local weather conditions and their affect on groundswell at your local beach.
As groundswell approaches your local beach the quality of the surf will be will largely be dependant on local weather conditions including wind direction and strength.
Lets use the Newquay area of the North coast of Cornwall as an example.
Imagine we [...]
Wave periods and groundswell
In our last article we looked at the creation of waves in the North Atlantic by low-pressure systems. Today we will consider what happens as the waves approach our shores.
Now that the waves have been created (the swell) they keep on travelling across the ocean until they reach land and the wave energy [...]
Surf’s up
There have been some really great days of surf recently. Dan went out the night before last and had some clean head-high waves at Watergate Bay for a couple of hours before sunset. The water’s not too cold and on a sunny evening it was just perfect springtime weather. The sunsets have been pretty special too, as [...]
Gandering around in the sun
Its a lovely morning here on the farm. The sun is shining and the geese are enjoying strolling round the yard like the own the place!
Van gears up for life of Riley this summer
The van has been prepared for a life of domestic bliss. After a gruelling challenge driving over 6000 miles across Eurpoe and all over Morocco, the van can now look forward to a life of leisurely trips to Watergate Bay, and Newquay, and occasionally further afield to Truro, and Bere Ferrers in Devon.
The roof [...]
