Surf Safety Tips for Gower Surfing this Winter

Surf Safety Tips for Gower Surfing this Winter provided by www.thesurfersmap.co.uk

Prevention rather than cure this winter.

Here are some quick tips that are relevant to all surfers, the water is colder and the waves more powerful which helps amplify situations which may occur also note that the RNLI lifeguards have finished until April so please:

1)  Surf with a buddy

2) The surfer on the wave has priority, so get out of their way

3) If paddling out and a surfer is heading towards you, simply head into the impact zone (or soup), thereby not ruining the surfers ride

4) If surfing a wave like the 'reef' at Langland Bay, never cut corners, paddle all the way around the break so as to stay clear of the surfing zone

5) Do not sit on your surfboard in front of the take off spot as if someone catches a wave on the outside they have a really good chance of running you over 

6) Ensure that the equipment you are using is 'fit for the purpose' and that you have a leg rope as it is irresponsible to surf a longboard/shortboard/ in busy surf breaks without a leg rope

7) If you are hiring a surfboard ensure that you have had a surfing lesson from a Licensed operator prior and then only hire softboards which will help you catch more waves safely

8) Know the beach/coastline you are going to surf before you jump in, speak to locals, if in doubt do not paddle out, also check info on websites such as Gowersurfersmap, Beachwizard, Magicseaweed

 

 

 

Gower Beach Port Eynon is voted Britain's best, yet Gower & Swansea locals have many others to choose from

Early this morning two guys from Bristol enjoying the empty waves and Caswell Beach near Mumbles village. We run surfing lessons anytime of the day to suit customers needs, lessons are held at Rhossili Bay & Caswell Beach dependant on the surfing conditions.

As regards Port Eynon it is a great place for a kayak or sea swim here is the BBC article on it winning the award  > Port Eynon is voted Britain's best beach

SurfGSD (gower surfing development) has been operating at Caswell bay for over a decade, SurfGSD is a premier British Surfing school. Recently featured on The Gadget show when Jason Bradbury had an indoor surfing lesson with us.

Then Anna Richardson of the C4 Supersize versus Superskinny took an outdoor 
lesson with us at Caswell Bay, Swansea. We have also been in the highly acclaimed Coast magazine, Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Mirror, and the Independant. Our moto is Surfing for Everyone!

Checkout our surfing pictures at Caswell here Caswell surfing pics and our surfing videos here, you can also check out our trip advisor feedback

 

Gower Surfers Map out now! Available at Onboard in Killay, Hot Dog in Kittle and online

Click above image to begin download if that does not work simply go to this link and the download is on the righthandside.  Gower Surfers Map on Visit Swansea Bay

See you out back!

Live, Surf and Travel

At last the Gower surfers map is on it's way to the printers

We are waiting for update on how to get your copy, when we do, we will post information for you, p.s don't worry no secret spots are revealed! 

Gower surfers map, an informative guide of gower surfing breaks, tide timetable, surf shops, places to eat & stay. Visit Gower for your proper holiday here in Wales.