Surfing in North Wales

We set off at 6.30am on saturday morning, the car boot loaded up with picnic and tent - and the boards on the roof all set for the entire weekend of chilling out and surfing! So we thought, we arrived down at hells mouth for just after 9am, where there was absolutly no swell what so ever. So we made for the camp site to pitch the tent. Its a great camp site between The Sun Inn(pub) and hells mouth (porth neigwl) walking distance for both, perfect. Its called Glanmorfa campsite, there is hot showers, dont forget your 50 pence pieces though, loos, and hot and cold water sinks for washing pots. Peak season it is around £5 per person per night, which is really reasonable(they sell fresh eggs for breakie too).
Because there was no surf we made our way into the village of abersoch which was slowly getting busy with cheshire bank holiday makers! We had a mooch around the shops and basically did nothing for the next few hours, which in my opinion is what these weekend breaks are all about.

Saturday afternoon we made our way up to the other side of hells mouth where there is a small and very scenic cove called porth oer. In the past we have scrambled down the hill side to reach the sand, but if you go the right way you will discover that there is actually a set of purpose built steps. Today though we decided not to venture down but to stay going straight which involved scrambling over and up waterfalls and across farmers fences. Cool though because along the  way the wild life was brilliant we saw an eel in the waterfall, rabbits in the fields and some guy I was with reckons he saw a snake in the grass…ha! Saturday night in the Sun, as per usuall to sample the great home cooking and cheap ale.

Rumour has it that surf was UP on sunday morning so early to bed saturday night, on an air bed with holes in, so not the best nights sleep. Sunday morning we were up at 8am to meet a friend of ours who joins us for a surf, we met him down on Hells Mouth to discover the sea was a mess, so    angry and massive, there was no way I was getting in. There was no one else in the sea so that meant i wasnt going any where near it. We decided to jump in the car and drive across the peninsula to another beautiful beach, whistling sands. When the surf is to big and messy at hells mouth it is more often than not perfect at whistling sands. on this day this was true, once the drizzle had stopped the surf was perfect and we all took the opportunity to have our first surf of the year. The weather then got worse the sky turned darker and the rain started, still not the best conditions for surfing in the UK, typical…

Monday on the other hand was the hottest day so far this year I think, although surf still on the big side and quite messy, the lads were straight in, although struggled as the current was so strong it was difficult to catch any good waves. I was quite happy to sit and watch whilst i got a suntan!!!
The gorgeous weather stuck around all day which was good but it just made it harder to come home at the end of the day.

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