Cable Bay

This small picturesque beach is right next to the road, with a handy car park. The Welsh name is Porth Trecastell.

your comments

Rob, Manchester
Fantastic beach and surf, however watch out for Weaver Fish. My partner was stung in the next cove along, I think called Broad Beach, in the little cove to the left looking out to sea. I would recommend wearing surf/beach shoes, you can buy them from the van, North Wales Wetsuits, in the car park. It's thanks to this guy that we knew what had happend and he gave up his coffee to treat the sting until we could get hot water.
Tue Aug 11 10:31:14 2009

Dave from Newquay
Been surfing Anglessey for over a year now and I can't see the fuss. Short rides with half of the NW UK dropping in on you. There are better waves on the island, even for a shortboarder like me. Can be the only option sometimes and, to be fair, it once held a semi-rideable wave during a 30kt onshore wind!
Tue May 5 10:06:07 2009

Biggles, Llandeinoilen
The surf at Cable Bay is world class. Everyone go there, you won't regret it.
Thu Apr 2 14:15:52 2009

Jason from Cheshire
I surf but cannot understand why there's so many problems with surfers, bodyboarders & kayakers. We all love the sea but struggle to play together. Other countries don't have this problem, they just get on with it. I would say a bit more courtesy to each other wouldn't go amiss. By the way locals, you don't own the sea, you're just lucky to live there. I know it gets busy out there, but we're all there to have fun.
Mon Mar 30 09:51:51 2009

Lis Stedman, Llanrwst
Went to Cable at the weekend with the dogs - beautiful, never seen such huge waves, made me wish I surfed... Absolutely fantastic and almost completely deserted.
Tue Jan 27 10:26:29 2009

G, Bangor
What's all this surfer/kayaker flak about? There are good and bad folks doing both, and we all just want to get out there and enjoy the water... There are more important things to get upset about in the world surely.
Tue Sep 9 09:39:28 2008

Kendrick, Bwcle
Yeah it is good for skimboarding, bodyboarding and surfing. plenty of kayakers, but they're no real harm, just clumsy sometimes. best though for flatland skimboarding in my opinion, and I shall be hitting cable often and hard for the foreseeable future. as for learners - buy dvds, watch them, copy.
Tue Aug 26 10:57:38 2008

Hannah Deane from liverpool
Did some great body boarding here, Rhosneigr was full of kite surfers so this beach was perfect. Waves weren't huge but still had some fun! Very easy to access to which is always a bonus.
Wed Aug 20 10:11:29 2008

Glyn Davies, Menai Bridge
Almost always crowded so thankfully as a local I can use mid week to occasionally surf this break but I am always disappointed by the very short rides and often overbearing kayakers who really do have a lot more options for locations than surfers.
Fri Sep 14 10:09:51 2007

Evan Owen, Dyffryn Ardudwy
I grew up on the sands that stretch from Newborough to Rhosneigr during the 50s and 60s, Cable Bay was a nice quiet place in those days. Barcloddiad y Gawres is a prehistoric burial chamber which overlooks the bay so it must have been popular for thousands of years, do you think Neanderthal Man surfed on a piece of wood? Apparently his direct decendants still do it!The telegraph cable from Anglesey to Ireland went from there once upon a time, hence the name.
Thu Sep 13 15:36:59 2007

Jonny Slacko
Generally a pants place to surf as it is full of people of have no idea about safty or surfing rules...and even worse its full of kayakers.
Tue Sep 11 13:01:16 2007

adam - wirral
Cable Bay's a great place but does any one know a sppot that will work with a short board?
Mon Sep 10 09:36:51 2007

Kendrick, Bwcle
This Place is AWESOME! The BEST skimboarding in north wales by far it has everything- the right sand, shallow incline, occasional wvae breaking on the shore. Best time seems to be a couple of hours before low tide. Look out for the videos on youtube. also rhosneigr is good.
Mon Sep 10 09:35:42 2007

Paul from Keston
Why is it called Cable Bay?
Tue Aug 28 09:01:17 2007

Vickie, Y Felinheli
Cable is a fantastic place for families in the summer, ice creams, safe bay, snorkelling etc. Recent winter years has seen Cable get very crowded for all surf users and getting a bit dangerous with mix of beginners and some others not as in control. Beginners might find it less crowded and therefore more fun along the neighbouring beaches from Rhosniegr to Porth Nobla. Then you only have to worry about your own board hitting you rather than other people's too!
Tue Aug 14 14:49:04 2007

adam
its a great place to learn and if you want some real waves try broad beach (dont know the welsh name soz..) its about 2 beaches down picks up any swell going. i surfed the in 1st june it said 2ft waves on the forcasts but when we got there 4ft waves came roleing in for about 3 hours expect the unexpected.
Mon Jun 4 09:47:11 2007

Nige - Wirral
I only body board, but this is a great place...only 2 hrs away by car
Mon Jun 4 09:46:44 2007

llanrwst
I'm new to body boarding and would like meet some new friends how would like to show me how to bodyboard properly. I'm 20 years old.
Thu Feb 22 10:09:34 2007

Eryl Williams, Ynys Mon
Hello, just to say i think you are all bein unfair on kayakers, we have just as much right to be at Cable as you do, and as a local on the island maybe it would get less cramped if non local people stayed away!
Mon Feb 19 13:45:10 2007

mark from flint
everybody reads wave size differently... any1 with solid surf experience and a head on their shoulders knows how big it can be ridden and only those that were there to witness it can back you up, so dont surf alone and shout like hell when you do get a good one! surfing is an adrenalin sport and we all get a bit carried away sometimes with how big it was but hey, if you really did surf it that good and big you dont need to say it was any bigger cos you should have a big smile on your face and you will go to sleep with memory playback. you will have great memories. just enjoy every session you get to surf. we are truly blessed to have a place called Anglesey... many beaches on our coast will work you just got to be there. jan 2007 i was fishing on the shore of penryn nr rhos when solid 4ft clean beautiful waves unexpectedly rolled in for about an hour as the tide came in.. first time i had travelled without my 'board and last. the swell was almost nothing in Rhos so Penryn should have been flat... expect the unexpected.
Fri Feb 16 09:05:09 2007

james lancashire
cable is a great place to surf. i loved going there but havent been in ages since loosing my sight, maybe some day i will go back with someone to help catch waves again, not sure what my guide dog will make of it though, DAMN i miss the waves
Fri Jan 12 09:36:16 2007

Ed from Newcastle
I learnt to surf here when i was at uni at bangor. what a place, the best and the cliff jump is great fun even in the normal tides, just time your jump right so you hit the up wave. i love it there - great memories, i even managed to get really burnt one summer's day!
Thu Jan 11 09:48:21 2007