Trebarwith
Strand....
....is
the home of Tintagel Surf Life Saving Club, and
is a well known surfing beach.
There is one road down to the Strand ending in the small area
just above the
rocky gully which is used for turning, parking, drop-off point
and people just
sitting in their car watching the sea. Fortunately, this is now
a no-parking area
from May to October!
The Club-house is on the right of the gully, with a couple of
beach shops on
either side of the turning area, and the Port William Pub on
the cliffs above
to the left.
At High tide there is no beach, and the water can sometimes reach
as far
as the road with a high spring tide and a rough sea.
There is a beach from about 3 hours each side of Low tide. On
a spring tide,
the beach can be very big as can be seen in the photo's.
Run your mouse over the photo to see Low water
The RLNI Lifeguards patrol this beach from May to the end of
September.
They are essential here as the Strand can be a treacherous
place for
people who don't know it well!
The beach extends northwards at low water as far as the headland
cliffs
where that part is known as Hole beach - seen here in the photograph.
Care must be taken at the further end of the beach as the incoming
tide could catch you out and cut you off. Although there is
a track up the
cliffs from Hole beach, it is steep and not for the faint hearted.
The
rock off the Strand is called Gull rock, but it is referred to
as the Monkey or Monkey's head rock for obvious reasons. If you
look
closely enough at it, you can see a tor on the top which was
built by the Surf club members years ago.
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