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Surf Break: Little Fistral

Little Fistral in North Cornwall is a fairly exposed beach break that has consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the east southeast with some shelter here from southwest winds. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Best around low tide. Beware of rips and rocks.

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Overall Little Fistral Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Little Fistral:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Fistral-North	0 mi
Second closest break	The Cribber	0 mi
Third closest break	Fistral-South	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Towan	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Crantock	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Little Fistral:
Closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	50 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	81 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Channel Islands Buoy	104 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Aberporth Buoy	132 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	211 mi
Tide stations nearest to Little Fistral:
Closest tide station	Newlyn, England	29 mi
Second closest tide station	Newlyn, England	29 mi
Third closest tide station	Devonport, England	40 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Devonport, England	40 mi
Fifth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	64 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Little Fistral:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	292 mi
Second closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	319 mi
Third closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	320 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)	320 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	326 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Little Fistral:
Closest city location	Newquay (United Kingdom)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Perranporth (United Kingdom)	5 mi
Third closest city location	Saint Columb Major (United Kingdom)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Saint Agnes (United Kingdom)	9 mi
Fifth closest city location	Saint Dennis (United Kingdom)	10 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Little Fistral is St Mawgan (Newquai) Airport (NQY) in England, 8 km (5 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Little Fistral is Plymouth Airport (PLH), also in England, 71 km (44 miles) away.
• Third is Exeter Airport (EXT) in England, 124 km (77 miles) away.
• Swansea Airport (SWS) in Wales is 150 km (93 miles) away.
• Cardiff Airport (CWL), also in Wales is the fifth nearest airport to Little Fistral and is 164 km (102 miles) away.