Inchydony is probably the best looking of the South Coast surf spots, with it's two wide sandy beaches interrupted by a rocky finger . Whether the huge new hotel overlooking the beaches is good-looking or not is another question. There's not really a huge difference in waves between the two beaches and both of them tend to work better on a rising tide and need a strong south / south-westerly swell to produce a decent wave. When conditions allow however, excellent waves peeling along the length of the beach are produced.
The promise of hot soup and heat in the new hotel bar could prove attractive too, to the more sheltered of us.

This is a small beach, about 200m long, which along with Inchydony and Castlefreke forms the Golden Triangle. The beauty of these three beaches is that with a reasonable swell one of them is guaranteed to produce the goods so if you arrive to find one of them not working it's just a short drive to the next beach.
Redstrand seems to show it's best on a falling tide or at low tide because the beach slopes quite steeply as the tide ebbs. An interesting feature here is a reef about 400m out from the shore which produces large, unfriendly looking waves on a good swell. I've never seen anybody go to check it out although my buddy Eddie reckons he could surf it blindfolded with one leg. Funnily enough though, he always volunteers this information in the car on the way home.

This is the king of South Coast beaches. The beach is long and half-moon shaped and the place to be is definitely the eastern end where, on a low tide and with a half decent swell, big beefy waves come rolling in like clockwork. I've been out there on days watching waves the size of a two storey house belting towards me and feeling that fear which makes surfing so special. If you're going to surf the South Coast, this is the place to be.

I've never surfed here or even been here to see a ripple so I'll try to get there soon. In the meantime, send us in your reports.