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Home  Venues UK Sailing Venues Porthcawl : Newton Bay
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Written by Ernie
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Friday, 18 July 2003 |
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Suitability: Most folks are ok here. It's a bit exposed for raw beginners & a bit tame for full wave
heads, but it's great for performance slalom and bump and jump sailing, especially well suited to intermediates.
Wind & Tide: Newton works in most winds from W, through, S to NE. There are occasionally waves on the rock reef at low tide (mind your fin, it gets' shallow!!), however, it is predominantly a flat water venue, being the best coastal location in this area for beginners. For performance slalom sailing it is generally best sailed with the wind over tide.
Facilities: There is a large car park with a grassy rigging area. In the winter it is free, in summer you sometimes have to pay 1.00. There are 2 pubs in the village and a couple of general stores also a caf on the seafront opposite the carpark.
Kitesurfing: Not as popular as Barry, but it's really the only spot in an easterly, avoid the rocks at low tide!
Surfing: Sometimes surfed at low tide on a big storm, but Coney beach is just SO much better it's hardly worth the effort.
Location: It can be accessed from Bridgend, by following the A4106 into Porthcawl, you will reach a roundabout outside of town with a left turn for Newton village, with the town centre straight on. Take the left turning, and left again opposite the globe garage, follow beach road and you're there.
Find it on MultiMap.com
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