Surfing Waves

Am in the middle of my plan to re-locate to the west coast by summer 2010. I had previously locked myself into only considering living in Braunton or very nearby. I will be working from home with bi-weekly trips to the office back in Poole. Gill intends to transfer to A&E in Barnstaple from A&E in Poole. So half an hour away from Barnstaple is the max for Gill (try driving home after a 12 hour night shift and you'll see why).

Property prices around Braunton seem to be a lot higher than Westward Ho! So I was wondering if I should consider there? Would the surf be similar to Saunton?

Advice and suggestions please. Especially if you have lived in either area for more than 2 weeks.

Cheers

Westward Ho! is a very lame wave
It doesnt seem to get the swell like saunton and ends up with a crumbly mush.
If you lived there though, it would be surfable enough to make it worthwhile I reckon,

And, hey, how bad can it be? Its got an exclamation mark in its name

Nice reef there tho

And your closer to alot of other reefs

yeah there is one ok spot not to far away that i know of that works well

I took a little drive around the area for that exact reason last year, go there at different times of year/day etc to see what you think of the place.

For me it was a resounding no, I wouldnt want to live there even if it is fairly cheap to live quite close to the beach. But its quite a personal choice and I will probably take another look at some point - again go at different time of the year/day to see if it is somewhere you would want to live, seems like you would still need to drive to get a decent break anyways.

If im honest i wouldn't move there! Westward ho! is abit dire! I have spent alot of summers down that way and i think the higher prices in Braunton are worth it for the surf, atmosphere and the location! It is a lovely area, many a happy holiday spent!