Weekend in Cornwall Anyone?

Everyone's excited about a nice big winter swell that's heading for the UK this weekend and into next week. Charts on Magicseaweed are predicting a 16.5ft swell hitting Fistral on Saturday morning, and if the winds play ball even The Cribber might show up. The UK surf mags Carve & Wavelength are hyping it up and will no doubt be keeping us all updated with reports, pics and clips.

So, when the swell hits, where's the best spot to head out to? For somewhere easy to get to and with plenty of parking we'd be off to Newquay's Fistral Beach, the most well known spot in the area:

"Signs all through the town of Newquay, huge carpark on the beach.

The most famous surfing beach in England. Whilst reef breaks and some coves may get better waves, the probability of getting good waves on any given day of the year is higher here than just about anywhere.

South Fistral works through all tides, with good lefts and some rights. It's a bit more protected on bigger days with a southwest wind. North Fistral is often bigger, and gets hollow at low tide, especially off the rocks at the top end, where there's usually one of the best left and right peaks. Little Fistral, right around the corner, and almost swallowed up at high tide, can have great shape too on low to mid. Autumn swells from NW-W are best but it is consistent all year round. 1-8ft, intermediate +. Crowds in the summer and plenty of room in the winter.

The Cribber, out the back of Towan Head off Cribber Rock, is a fickle off-shore reef for hell-men, although it rarely breaks in a rideable way. It needs a very big groundswell in the 8-12ft range to show, and perfect south-east offshore breeze to hold shape. In these conditions it'll hold any size."

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