Name:

Newgale Sands

Beach description:

Newgale Sands in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is a stunning 2 mile long beach. It is backed by a shingle bank which limits kiting around high tide but when the tide drops it provides hard smooth sand perfect for land kiting and kitesurfing. The beach faces marginally south of west so has a wide range of useable wind directions. The beach is open to the Atlantic so is a surf beach providing good conditions for beginners and advanced waveriders. The flat water sections between the waves give a good smooth run for first timers but also help introduce them to kitesurfing in waves. For the more advanced wave riders Northerly and South Easterly winds provide good cross-offshore conditions with safe escape spots. Newgale works on anything from SSE all the way around to NNW, though anything with E in it is gusty.

Beach Access

Drive to the end of the M4 and keep going. Take the A40 to Carmarthen, St Clears and Haverfordwest. At Haverfordwest take the St David's Road A487 and 15 minutes from there the road drops down through Newgale. There are 4 car parks along the beach, 2 in the middle, 1 at the South end and 1 behind the Duke of Edinburgh pub and Newsurf Shop.

Code of Conduct

No kiting in the lifeguarded bathing areas and no buggies/landboards betweeen the blue flags during July and August.

Wind Direction

South, South-West, West, North-West

Water Type

The beach is open to the Atlantic so is a surf beach providing good conditions for beginners and advanced waveriders. The flat water sections between the waves give a good smooth run for first timers but also help introduce them to kitesurfing in waves. And provide a playground for more advanced riders for plenty of boosting goodness! No kitesurfing 2 hrs either side of high tide.

Hazards

Offshore and gusty in winds with East. Occasional rips in big swell conditions. Shingle bank backed by a road.