A sheltered, northwesterly facing beach with a harbour at the northern end of the bay. Picks up half the swell of Porthtowan and the beach is a semi-closeout, but is clean during a southwesterly wind when other breaks are blown out. An intense, often bouncy, right breaks off the harbour wall in bigger surf that is popular with the large local crew of hard charging bodyboarders.
Source: Portreath - Beach Surf Guide