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Kitesurfing & Windsurfing Pembrokeshire

Surfing Pembrokeshire

Newgale, Pembrokeshire Coast - Top Surfing Spot

Coasteering popular on the Pembrokeshire Coast

Kayaking in the many Pembrokeshire Bays

Horse riding in Pembrokeshire

Sailing and powerboating are also popular

Pembrokeshire Surfing Windsurfing Coasteering Climbing in Wales UK

Welcome to Pembrokeshire, West Wales - an area in the UK renowned for its favoured conditions for extreme watersports including surfing, kite surfing, windsurfing and coasteering. Why is it so perfect? Well, the Atlantic swell hit the Pembrokeshire coast full on, and combine this with superb clean waters and long golden sandy beaches and you have the perfect conditions for surfing particularly. Waves that hit the Pembrokeshire coast have travelled far across the Atlantic ocean. Unobstructed South West facing beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast have the most powerful rollers, whereas more sheltered south east facing beaches are more sheltered (the slightly more sheltered beaches are favoured by windsurfers).

Other popular sports in Pembrokeshire include climbing, particularly on the south coast limestone cliffes - checkout Huntsman's Leap! If you fancy exploring the Pembrokeshire coast at sea level, combining climbing with plunging into the sea, then coasteering is the new exciting way to do it! Favourite spots for coasteering include Stackpole Quay in South Pembrokeshire and St Non's near St Davids. Plenty of opportunity for cycling and mountain biking around Pembrokeshire too, and how about a spot of diving around Skomer marine Nature Reserve, Ramsey Island or the wrecks around Milford Haven. Pembrokeshire also benefits from numerous bridleways for horseriding, plus if you've ever dreamed of horseriding along a flat endless sandy beach, then Pembrokeshire is where to do it!

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Badgers Lodge Bed and Breakfast - Jeffreyston

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£25 to £27 Per person B&B (2 sharing)

Pembrokeshire Surfing Holidays Wales

Take your pick from a choice of prime surfing beaches in Pembrokeshire, including Tenby South Beach, Freshwater West, West Dale Bay, St Bride's Bay, Broad Haven South, Newgale, Manorbier and perhaps the most popular beach for surfing - Whitesands Bay.

Not surprising that Pembrokeshire offers such good surfing conditions around its coastline. It's exposed out here in the Far West of Wales. Freshwater West is renowned as the base for various surfing competitions. Other popular Pembrokeshire beaches for surfing include Poppit beach, West Dale beach, Abermawr, Abereiddy, Broad Haven South, and Freshwater East beach.

Checkout the weblinks for surf schools and activity centres offering surfing lessons situated across Pembrokeshire.

Great surfing shops with a choice of surfing equipment and surf clothing include Ma Simes Surf Hut, 28 High Street, St. David's, Pembrokeshire, SA62 6SD. Tel/Fax: 01437 720433. (weblink right). Newsurf, Newgale, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA62 6AS. Tel: 01437 721398. (website right)

Pembrokeshire Windsurfing and Kite Surfing Holidays Wales

Like surfing, windsurfing is also popular on many beaches lining the Pembrokeshire coast. Hotspots include Poppit beach, Newport Sands, Cwm-Yr-Eglwys, Goodwick Sands, Whitesands Bay, Newgale, Broad Haven, Little Haven, Dale, Gelliswick, Neyland, Burton, Llangwm/Blacktar, West Angle Bay, Freshwater East, Lydstep Haven, Tenby South and Saundersfoot. Plenty of choice then for windsurfing. You'll also find windsurfing is popular around Milford Haven where waters are more sheltered. Check the websites listed right for windsurfing equipment hire and windsurfing lessons. Many activity outlets offer a range of watersports courses which include windsurfing, kite surfing and surfing.

Kite surfing is on the up and up around the Pembrokeshire coast, and on the beaches where windsurfing and surfing are popular, so too is kite surfing. Again, check the Pembrokeshire watersports outlets right for details. Kite surfing is essentially a coming together of surfing and windsurfing. A kite like structure pulls you along on your surfboard like base. Kite surfing has been growing considerably as a favoured extreme watersport. The bigger the kite is, the stronger the power of the pull, and learning to control the kite, often on the sands first before the sea, is how you learn. Expert kite surfers (watching them is fun if you get the chance) are soon jumping waves and powering along the Pembrokeshire coast.

Also popular is kite-landboarding - obviously by it's name land based. The base is a skate board as opposed to a surf board. Many of Pembrokeshire's endless flat sandy clean beaches are perfect for kite-landboarding as well as kite surfing. Boards for kite surfing and kite landboarding can vary in size to suit the individual. Both are extreme sports requiring a high level of skill, so beginners are well advised to seek kite surfing lessons before heading out. Professional tuition from one of the many activity centre around Pembrokeshire (see weblinks right for details) is essential - there's a technique here to learn.

Windsurfers will love Milford Haven's natural harbour, one of the biggest in Europe it stretches 13 miles. The waters are sheltered and clean, as well as traffic free, offering perfect conditions for practicing windsurfing techniques. Beginner windsurfers should head here in Pembrokeshire. Newgale beach stretches for 2 miles and is particularly popular with windsurfers, being slightly sheltered by the Marloes Peninsula. Broad Haven too has less of a high surf and benefits from safe shallow aters, so is better for windsurfing. Other windsurfing hotspots include particularly Tenby South beach which is more protected, wide, long and south east facing, so there's less of those full on Atlantic breakers here.

Pembrokeshire Horse Riding Along the Beach Wales

Pembrokeshire is the perfect area in the UK to learn to ride if you're a beginner. There's a choice of riding schools across the area (see weblinks right). Miles of bridleway, old smugglers paths, drovers trails and flat sandy beaches criss cross Pembrokeshire, offering perfect conditions for horse riding.

Carolyn Morgan B.H.S.A.I., Crosswell Horse Agency, Iet Wen, Velindre, Crymych, Pembrokeshire. SA41 3XF. Tel: 01239 891262. Situated adjacent to the sublime Preseli Hills. (website right for details)

Mike and Janet Weaver, The Dunes Riding Centre, Cott Lane, Martletwy, Narberth, Pembrokeshire. SA67 8AB. Tel: 01834 891398. (website right for details

Marros Riding Centre, Marros Farm, Marros, Pendine, Carmarthenshire, SA33 4PN. Tel: 01994 453 777. (website right). You can also ride at the Heatherton Sports Centre at Tenby (see again weblink right), or contact these other riding centre in Pembrokeshire: Llanwnda Stables, Penrhiw Fach, Llanwnda, Goodwick. SA64 HS. Tel: 01348 873595. Maesgwynne Riding Stables, Maesgwynne, Fishguard, SA65 9PR. Tel: 01348 872659. Sycamores Ranch Western Riding Centre & Tack Store, Llawhaden, Narberth, Pembrokeshire SA67 8DP. Tel: 0707 930 8941. (weblink right for details).

Coasteering Pembrokeshire Wales Coast

What is coasteering and why is it so popular here on the Pembrokeshire coast I hear you cry! Well, Coasteering for a start is certainly for the daring, in an organised group. You'll need to be pretty fit. Basically it's climbing and strong swimming all in one. You climb along the cliffs at sea level (of which many line the coast of Pembrokeshire), then when you can't climb any further and run out of suitable cliff face, you jump into the sea and swim around to the next bit of climbing cliff face. Not for the faint hearted!!!!!

Coasteering really is the latest watersports come climbing craze to appeal to many here around the Pembrokeshrie coast. Various activity centres including Preseli Venture (see weblink right) offer training and beginners are welcome. You'll end up cligg jumping, rock climbing, swimming into sea caves and exploring the Pembrokeshire coast at sea level, which some reckon is the best and most exhilerating way to do it!

The emphasis in Coasteering is on cliff jumping, wave dodging and rock traversing. Favoured coasteering spots include St Non's near St Davids, the Pencaer peninsula with it's wild coastline and Stackpole Quay in South Pembrokeshire. You're well kitted up by your chosen activity centre trainer, and equipment will include wetsuit, helmet and buoyancy aid.

Coasteering is a real adventure activity and can be a dangerous extreme sport, so you need to have proper equipment and training, and undertake an organised session with an officially recognised activity centre. See the list below, and weblinks right for details: Pembrokeshire Activity Centre, Cleddau Reach, Pembroke Dock. Tel: 01646 622013. Preseli Venture, Parcynole Fach, Mathry. Tel: 01348 837709. Sealyham Activity Centre Ltd, Sealyham, Wolfscastle, Haverfordwest. Tel: 01348 841910. TYF Adventure, 1 High Street, St Davids. Tel: 01437 721611. TYF Fresh Adventure, Freshwater Bay, Freshwater East. Tel: 01646 672764. All these Pembrokeshire Activity Centres have their own websites (see right for details).

Pembrokeshire Climbing

Pembrokeshire's reputation for perfect climbing conditions is longstanding. Climbers such as Pat Littlejohn have been enjoying Pembrokeshire for years. Popular climbing spots include the Limestone clfifs on the south Pembrokeshire coast, particularly the iconic crag Huntsman's Leap.

The main climbing areas in Pembrokeshire include St Davids Peninsula, with the areas to the side of Caerfai Bay offering a huge number of climbing slabs and walls. Porthclais is a favoured practice slab. Other climbing hotspots include the St Govan's east range and Stack Rocks and Lydstep.

Recent rockfalls around the St Govan's range mean that some parts are closed. You'll need to check with regiestered climbing activity centres, for example Pembrokeshire Activity Centre and Sealyham Activity Centre (both have websites linked right). These activity centres offer climbing courses and training.

Also, be aware that due to nesting seabirds sea cliff climbing areas are closed between the 1st March and 31st July. Contact the Pembrokeshire National Park ranger on Tel: 07866 771188 for details.

Pembrokeshire Diving Sites & Diving Schools

There's even more activity sports awaiting you in Pembrokeshire. Diving is popular, and in crystal clear waters around the Pembrokeshire coast you can expect to see wrecks (about 350 wrecks are known to exist), seals, olphins and more. Diving from Fishguard is popular, pushing out to explore Strumble head and needle rocks - both popular dive sites.

Other poplular diving sites around Pembrokeshire include St David's which offers a choice of dive sites to the West and South of the Peninsula. Around Ramsey Island, Green Scar and Black scar near Solva in St Brides Bay are also popoular diving areas. Top of the dive site tree in Pembrokeshire is the Skomer Marine Nature Reserve (one of just 3 marine nature reserves in the UK!). Milford Haven is renowned for it's shipwrecks and popular with divers.

Dive in 2 Pembrokeshire, Dale. Tel: 01646 636684. (weblink right). West Wales Diving Centre, Hasguard Cross, Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, SA62 3SJ. Tel: 01437 781457. (weblink right). Janhazel Dive Charters, Celtic Dive Base, Parrog, Goodwick. Tel: 01348 871938. Dive Pembrokeshire UK, The Dive Lodge, Walton West, Haverfordwest. Tel: 01437 781117.

Old Mill Diving Services, Venn Farm, Waterston Road, Milford Haven. Tel: 01646 69190. Pembrokeshire Dive Charters, Neyland Marina, Neyland. Tel: 01646 602941. Rudders Boatyard Dive Charter, Church Road, Burton. Tel: 01646 600288.

Kayaking, Canoeing and Sailing Pembrokeshire

Canoeists have a choice of Pembrokeshire coastline offering excellent canoeing and kayaking facilities for the experienced and the beginner. Top kayaking and canoeing spots include The Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy north of St Davids - this one's good for beginners being nicely sheltered. Other spots include The Bitches between St Davids head and Ramsey Island and various secluded bays and beaches around St Brides Bay. Milford Haven Estuary is also popular and ideal for open canoes and learning kayaking.

For canoeing and kayaking training check out the weblinks right for TYF Fresh Adventure/Freshwater Bay, Pembrokeshire Activity Centre/Pembroke Dock and Preseli Venture at Mathry.

Sailing and powerboating fanatics will love the Pembrokeshire coast. There's plenty of opportunity for yacht charter and cruising. Milfod Haven is the main focus for yachting, with it's enormous natural harbour. There are more harbours at Tenby, Saundersfoot, Solva and Porthgain. Many learn to sail in the more sheltered St Brides Bay, and off shore islands such as Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm are perfect for sailing and watching sea birds.

For Harbours contact Saundersfoot Harbour Office, Tel: 01834 812094. Tenby Harbour Master, Tel: 01834 842717. Lower Fishguard Harbour Master, Tel: 01348 873369. Also check out Solva Sailboats, Solva. Tel: 01437 720972 (weblink right). Pembrokeshire Cruising, Neyland Marina, Brunel Quay, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1PY. Tel: 01646 602500 (weblink right). See also VentureJet Jet Boat Trips around St David's and Whitesands Bay - weguide right for details.