Paddleboarding spots in Pembrokeshire
55 launch spots across Pembrokeshire
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SeaCwm-yr-Eglwys
Pembrokeshire, WalesCwm-yr-Eglwys is a sheltered cove on the eastern side of the Dinas Island peninsula near Dinas Cross, with its own mild microclimate. The ruined west wall of St Brynach's church, wrecked by the Royal Charter Storm of October 1859, stands beside the beach.
SeaPwllgwaelod
Pembrokeshire, WalesPwllgwaelod is a sheltered cove on the southwest side of the Dinas Island peninsula, reached down Feidr Fawr from the hamlet of Brynhenllan near Dinas Cross. The beach is wide and open with fine dark sand, flanked by rocks and cliffs, and looks out across Fishguard Bay towards Fishguard Harbour.
SeaDale put-in
Pembrokeshire, WalesThis slipway sits on Dale Bay, on the peninsula forming the northern side of the Milford Haven Waterway entrance in Pembrokeshire. Dale is a long-established local sailing centre, with the bay used for sailing courses, boat handling training and windsurfing instruction.
RiverPont Llanychaer, Afon Gwaun
Pembrokeshire, WalesPont Llanychaer crosses the River Gwaun (Afon Gwaun) in the Gwaun Valley, a few miles inland from Fishguard. The lower third of the river, running from west of Pontfaen through Llanychaer to the sea at Fishguard, is described as navigable by canoe. This point marks a put-in at the bridge in the hamlet of Llanychaer.
RiverCilgerran put-in (Bridell)
Pembrokeshire, WalesThis put-in occupies a former slate-quarry quay on the River Teifi, in the wooded Teifi Gorge between Llechryd and Cilgerran. Heritage Canoes uses the quay as the start point for its guided gorge trips. Cilgerran village, with its castle and the adjoining Teifi Marshes reserve, lies a short way downstream.
SeaBlack Tar Slipway
Pembrokeshire, WalesBlack Tar Slipway launches onto the Daugleddau opposite Llangwm, a stretch of the Cleddau estuary with a history of oyster fishing and coal shipping. Parking is in a layby a short distance back along the road, with an area to unload by the shoreline.
SeaAngle put-in
Pembrokeshire, WalesThis slipway sits on Angle Bay, a large intertidal expanse of mud and sand on the Milford Haven Waterway side of the Angle peninsula in south Pembrokeshire. The bay supports wading birds including dunlin, grey plover, redshank, oystercatcher and curlew, and the slipway lies close to Angle Lifeboat Station.
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