Get a hire car(Ford Ka preferred), drive through the mud like its a 4WD, say gday to all the masssssive cows watching you guy by. Be careful of the mud as you open the farmers gate - you may fall over...Beware of shrinkage, if you stay in the water for too long.
surf on the far right of the beach as there is a nice left hander. The western corner is wind protected (w/nw) and sandbanks are in good shape due to rivermouth.
The pipe isn't as full on as it's sister Thurso east but it's still quite a nice wave.There are a few boulders lying around but don't worry to much about them as the kelp stops you from hiting them. The wave can peak in 2 places it just depends on the swell direction.
Park respectfully right in front of the spot. Nice clean lefts peel from the reef or from the harbour wall on real big days. Good beachie for beginners as well.
This is about as remote as you can get on the UK mainland. I've visited twice for a total of 7 days, and never seen another surfer. Never seen another personin the water. It's a long sandy beach, with a couple of central rock outcrops which break up the swell lines and make for interesting waves, and also offer abit of shelter on paddle outs in some conditions. Hard to call the waves, (not being a regular!)but a combination of sand bars, the rock outcrops, and alsoa hint of a point break at the southern end on the rising tide all means there is stacks to work with. Exposed beach, it will pick up anyswell going (usually a couple of feet more than Oldshoremore - which you can see just off the road on the way there) it also gets hideously blown out.
Beach break between rocks in main part of bay, good wave for all level surfers. Better right hander at east end of bay, fast and hollow, not for beginners.
When you're unlucky the swell is so big that it gets very hard to paddle trough the waves so it's better to go in the summer because then there isn't so much whitewater. The crowd is really small most of the holidays there are 5 people a day. You're gonna need a good wetsuit because it's very cold. The wave type are different every hour so when you're surfing there for 6 hours you need to switch places 5 times or more. Try it near the rivermouth if you want to have a long ride, and if you want big waves go to the middle of the beach. It's very surfable when there is a depression between Iceland and Norway. The swell will make good waves then.
Park on Twywn sea front as far left on prom as possible, you can surf off slipway on low to mid, same conditions as pipe.Walk towards pipe on left (the big one not the little one nearest you in the groins) made of rocks 2 mins up beach. Dont try to find a way to drive down there as access is now screwed up.
this spot has 3 breaks (the cove, the bowl, and the point)the point is a left hander with the odd right that breaks down the point at the north tip of brimms reef. The Cove is a little slab that runs into deep water then a wall of reef. Then the bowl, on high tide, is a slabby wave with a secondary ledge that gets super heavy and shallow. The bowl is the best wave but the cove can be ok too. The point is best on low tide when the bowl isnt surfable.
