Close to Padstow at the mouth or the river Camel estuary. 3 miles from the B3314

Popular with watersports enthusiasts and bathers, Daymer Bay has ideal wind and water conditions for beginners and advanced kite surfers. A totally brilliant place to kite surf, novices can use the safely of the bay while more experienced can surf round the headland to Polzeath beach

Prevailing onshore wind blows parallel to the shore West through to North is best

Regardless of tide times there is a large body of water in the estuary can have Waves over at Doom Bar - however mainly flat  

Safety - Bo matter which way the wind blows you will eventually be taken to land.Smooth water sheltered by a natural sand barrier makes this an ideal location for beginners.Medium size car park, toilets and shops.

Launching - Bar a few rocks which are plainly visible, this is another huge, open launch at low tide. High tide can suffer wind shadows.

Restrictions - July and August, no kiting between 10am and 6pm.

 Newquay (Watergate Bay)

Watergate bay was an event location for the European kite surfing tour in 2001/2002. Since then it has been a regular stop for the BKSA kite surfing series.

Watergate Bay is on the Atlantic Coast between Newquay and Padstow.

If coming from the North on the A30 take the second right off the A30 after the Victoria Inn onto the A3059 signposted St Mawgan, St Columb and Newquay Airport. When you reach the roundabout (A39 junction) carry straight on, following signs to Newquay and the Airport. Take the second right to the Airport.   Continue until you reach a T Junction, take a left and follow it  down to Watergate bay.

Look for Southerly round to West or North West  wind directions is best

 Mostly always a Wave can get very big on large swells

Launching - Get there a couple of hours after high tide to make sure you’ve got space to land and launch . Huge sandy areas. - no room at high tide

 Perranporth & Perransands

On the north (Atlantic) coast, south of Newquay.

Perranporth is well sign posted off the A30 trunk road from the north or south and use either the B3285 or B3284.

The southerly town end of Perranporth beach has parking in front of the beach or up the cliffs that give you a good view down the whole 2 plus miles of beach. Parking is free in winter. As the holiday season starts, the lower off the beach car park starts charging before the cliff top car park.

To access the northerly Perran Sands end of Perranporth Beach drive through the Haven Holiday Camp. Check if you need to get a parking ticket from their office (they have a long season, February to the end of November, and clamp cars without valid parking tickets during this period).

Very exposed, this allows you to kitesurf on a SW, W, NW and N

At the Perranporth town end, a direct southerly gets gusty, so best to go elsewhere. It's less at the Haven end, but still gusty.

If the swell / waves is above 7 to 10 foot it tends to break and re-form several times so at these heights, it's not a great wave spot. Depending on the day there can be nice flat sections between the waves or a bit messy.

Large waves,  major swell catcher.

There are no facilities at the Perran Sands end but as there are sand dunes

Although the hike back up the dunes is a bit of a killer with all your kit, it is still worth it!

Restrictions - At the town end there are restricted zones marked on the lifeguard signs. These restrictions are in place all year round so even if the beach is dead please stay in the right area.