Three main spots: Little Fistral (near Pentire Head); often crowded, doesn't work at high tides: North Fistral; probably one of the best beach breaks in the UK (on it's day), and South Fistral; some shelter from SWly winds, with some nice lefts off the rocks at most tides. Little / North Fistral usually fairly busy, but South not too bad. Very occaisional reports of hassling etc at Little / North, but generally 'competitive' atmosphere without being aggressive!
NEWQUAY BAY (TOWAN/GREAT WESTERN/TOLCARNE) -
Park your car wherever you can find space. The breaks are right in the town. The bay needs a fairly large swell to wrap around the headland, and is usually most consistent in winter. The waves are biggest around low tide and smallest at high tide. At low tide all the beachs join up all the way to Lusty Glaze. The waves are bigger the further north you go. The only problem is that it is the longest closeout in the world. Most waves close out at low tide all the way from Towan to Lusty Glaze, with only the occasional peeler. It is always mega crowded though. If it is big enough there will be a decent left beside the harbour wall. Mid tide is best giving peeling lefts and rights and the occasional closeout.High tide is usually smallest and suffers from back wash off the breakwall and side wash from the harbour and cliffs.
LUSTY GLAZE -
At Low tide it is only worth going in if it's a low tide like, if you catch it on a really low tide with an off shore it gets hollow and bowls perfectly. At High tide a 6.5m+ the beach really starts to work as two wedges are produced from either side of the beach, it gets far heavier than Tolcarne at High tide and is generally not as good a wedge but every now and again you can catch that one wave that for Sponging at least excells anything in the Newquay Area.
