Watergate Beach - Watergate Bay

Watergate Bay boasts a vast sandy beach stretching two miles during low tide, providing ample space for various leisure and sports activities. Particularly favored for kitesurfing and surfing, the beach offers convenient access from a car park in the valley.

Lifeguards: RNLI lifeguard Summer cover begins on the Easter school holidays, and daily cover from early May to the end of September. Weekends in October and daily during the October half term.

Parking & Access: There are two car parks.  One managed by Parking Eye right by the beach offers accessible parking and can be booked online or by entering your registration number at the car park. There is a larger car park just behind this run by Cornwall Council that offers 400 spaces. This slopes up the hill and is not tarmaced. The slope down to the beach is a bit steep and some wheelchair users may struggle to access and leave this beach independently.

Accessible toilet: There is an accessible toilet just below the larger car park behind the beach. 50p Charge applies for toilets (Not RADAR) Opening Times Winter (October - March) - 10am - 4pm Summer (April - September) - 9am - 9pm

Beach wheelchairs: During spring and summer  a Natural Access sand wheelchair  is available for use. This is bookable through Wavehunters at the Extreme Academy- 01637 860840. Watergate Bay is a Wave Project location. Cornwall - The Wave Project in the United Kingdom

Dogs: Watergate is dog-friendly throughout the year.