South and West Wales

Swansea and The Gower Peninsular

Further down the coast you come to the the best known surf spot on the Gower - Llangennith, in Rhossili Bay. See map of area.

It is a beach break, and local surf shop owner legendary Pete Jones (an excellent longboarder) descibes it as "...a good close out, It will hold a big swell but anything over six feet but its very hard to paddle out. When it gets maxed out here though, Rhossili at the south end of the bay is more sheltered. One good thing about Llangennith is that it can work quite well when its on-shore."

There's a car park and campsite directly behind the dunes so at weekends it gets pretty crowded. Llangennith is a  great place to go for the weekend as the King's Head is kicking on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer months. Large fires light up the dunes with some great all-night parties on the weekends - as long as the rubbish is removed afterwards!

A few minutes walk north and you can find an uncrowded wave. Burry Holmes, a consistent spot at the north end of the beach which gets long hollow rides.

Caswell is another popular high tide beach break spot when Llangennith is over six foot.

Crab Island is a right hand point break which works at low tide with a north wind, it's nice and hollow with long rides.