North Devon advise needed

[Johno]

Hi all I finish work on Friday for a week and a half ye ha, and was thinking of planning a trip down to north devon 4 a few days.

I might be going on me bill or taking my none surfing mate, any one know any good cheep acomidation with local safe braeks and freindly people,

I was looking at staying at the europark Woolacombe it looks quite cool

Any comments / advise would be much appreciated

[Matt-Grom]

ye euro park woolacombe sounds great i went past it when i went its looks great but croyde is better i think

[MorseyB]

for a "safe" break i would stick to wolacombe or saunton which are a more mellow wave, (puts is good too but more expensive) croyde is a good beach but can be quite dangerous especially at low tide, with fast, steep waves, strong rips and gets very crowded.

For accomodation call the braunton tourist office on 01271 816400, they cover accomodation for all the beaches and surrounding areas and will give you more advice depending on if you wanna camp etc.

[Milo]

Johno, try googling BBs around barnstable, loads around and fairly priced, keep the money local.

[RJD]

oooh, I'm off to devon in July/August may be able to get a day or two surfing in.


I'll need somewhere to rent a board(longboard) & wetsuit(?), will be in a 911(borrowed), may have a softrack(may not) so prolly somewhere close to a break for rental?

Will be staying south Devon but North Devon is fine, will likely be going to Boscastle etc anyhow.

[drowningbitbybit]

I'll need somewhere to rent a board(longboard) & wetsuit(?), will be in a 911(borrowed), may have a softrack(may not) so prolly somewhere close to a break for rental?

Surfing in a porsche? Tsk

Every well known spot in devon seems to have a rental shop on the beach these days - no worries there. Swell in july/august might be an issue though

[Johno]

Just looked at magic sea weed might not be worth going any were next week (mon tue wed)

What does every one think?

[drowningbitbybit]

It is looking fairly pi$$poor for the foreseeable

I dont think this weekend will be all that great either - short period and windy. Not quite sure where MSW is getting its four stars from

Looking like it'll go proper flat next week. Things might change. Um, but they might not

[RJD]

I'll need somewhere to rent a board(longboard) & wetsuit(?), will be in a 911(borrowed), may have a softrack(may not) so prolly somewhere close to a break for rental?

Surfing in a porsche? Tsk

Every well known spot in devon seems to have a rental shop on the beach these days - no worries there. Swell in july/august might be an issue though

Its just an overgrown VW bug so why not? And if someone offers you a 996 for a few weeks you dont say no

[chris fixxy]

It is looking fairly pi$$poor for the foreseeable

I dont think this weekend will be all that great either - short period and windy. Not quite sure where MSW is getting its four stars from

Looking like it'll go proper flat next week. Things might change. Um, but they might not

Prays for good post easter surf.

(who do I have to sacrifice to Osiris?)

[Johno]

Ye lets all pray looks like I got the shxxt wrong week off work were are them god dam winter waves????????