Surfing at Gwithian

My house mate Jess suggested surfing at Gwithian beach in Hayle. Ever keen to try new things I took the surf board down to Gwithian beach. I had never been there before. Well I may have been as a kid, but I didn’t’ remember. I was amazed by the beauty of the place. One of the things I love most about Gwithian is that it feels like it is abroad, like the Mediterranean, but with surf. I also love the way it is underdeveloped.

In 1996 I was DJ’ing at a night club in Hayle, called Strawberry Fields. This was the only association I had had with Hayle until now. I am not attracted to Hayle as a town. However I would consider living in one of the beach huts near Gwithian beach.

During the summer of 2005 I was very tempted to buy a camper van or a regular van and complete a partial conversion. I wanted to spend the end of the year driving down the west coast of France, Spain and Portugal looking for waves. Work commitments stopped me doing this, however I will certainly think about this again in the future.

As the summer went by I continued to surf at Gwithian beach. Getting there took only a few minutes more than beaches like Perranporth, but the experience was much better, and there was always of room to surf. The waves always tend to be clean at Gwithian, if a little smaller.