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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaia surfboard in Lances Left, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Porlock Weir Somerset
UK, Devon North
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Right in front of carpark at Porlock Weir. DistanceDay trip WalkInstant access (< 5min) Easy to find?Easy to find Public access?Public access Special accessDon't know |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencySometimes break
Wave
TypePoint-break
DirectionLeft
BottomBoulders
PowerFast
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthShort (< 50m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionWest, SouthWest
Good wind directionSouthWest, South
Swell sizeStarts working at 2.5m-3m / 8ft-10ft and holds up to
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movementRising tide
More details
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdCrowded
Dangers
- Pollution
Additional Information
When the wind is from the S/SW blowing sheep off Exmoor and the swell is 8'+ you might just get a wave. Don't bank on it though!
Atmosphere
Can be crowded when its working because there are very few other spots that work when this wave starts to wind off. Nice little wave though in the depths of Winter when you don't want too many duck dives.
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By Anonymous , 03-09-2009
Jazzer - Hey boys cool yer jets.
I have surfed Porlock since the mid eighties and things move on and places get crowded. As for localism it's all a load of old bollocks. Are you telling me the locals don't go to other peoples local breaks. You have all been reading to many surf mags. You boys don't own it nor were you the first to surf it, nor was I.
By Anonymous , 25-01-2008
we got lucky - I'm from Holland and juli 2007 we stayed in a cottage at porlock, we heard that this spot diddn't work a lot, so every day we drove to woolacombe and putts had some good session over therte until it got blown out, so we decided to go check Lynmouth but the crowd over there was to big and than we drove back to porlock to see if something was going on, and yes there actually was a nice 6 ft wave breaking with only 2 guys in the water ( some friendly dudes from minehead) had a good session over there
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By Ghost of the Severn , 06-12-2009
Locals - I'm local to nowhere, but in the winter I find myself seeking out waves that are non existent in the summer. It's because I want to surf I want to see what this country can offer us. So I try different spots, I keep myself well away from the people already in esp. if they know what they're doing. I make sure as much as is humanly possible I don't even so much as look for a wave the guys are paddling for until either (a) my wave count is 5 times less than theirs or (b) it's swung out wide and no one but me is anywhere near it.
I always say hi, I praise the wave, and guess what?
I get no problems.