Get above bude on A39 (north) and take BUcks Mills turning about 12 miles above bude. Get down and park up. Walk to sea at low tide and all will be revealed.
Monster paddle, When it is working it is one of the great wonders of the world, You will wonder why it has not been on the cover of every surfing magazine. Weird geological structure gives monster boulder snake going out into the sea. Giant peeling left with much larger untested left and right wedges out to sea. At higher tides a right starts to break and the cross wash can create some very odd waves. A MUST VISIT on an enormous SW swell.
Overview
Atmosphere
This place has to be seen to be believed. The reef is a part of an anticline in hard sandstone which has made this arm of rock stick out into deep water. It looks like a destroyed harbour wall. The more westerly the swell is the more it will peel down the point giving longer rides. When the swell has a bit of north in it, the quality of the wave will be reduced. The wind if any further north than westerly will blow it to bits and it will be rubbish.
bucks
been here loads times when the tide wind and swell were meant to be correct, it never works, its such a random wave. my friend surfed it and said its an okay wave but its really fat and slow
comment by Kernowdel, 2007-06-15 16:01:12
Spekes
Surfed it way back in 1984. I had bnly been surfing 3 0r 4 years and I bricked it because of the paddle. I live in west cornwall now so its a long way to go, but one day!!!
comment by joel, 2007-04-28 21:42:21
me too
i live in ho! and wanna surf this too. a mate of mine has so jealous now. just need the swell and wind and tide. i went once when it was working but no one was about so not doing that paddle on my own in the winter.
comment by Anonymous, 2009-10-24 20:58:44