Beach Sports

With its long sandy beaches Newquay and the surrounding area are ideal for a number of beach sports; either to watch or to participate in yourself.

Professional beach sports competitions on Newquay and Watergate beaches include Beach Volleyball, Beach Polo (yes, with the horses) and the energetic Lusty Glaze Beach Tag Rugby.

Beach sports you can get involved in include Kitebuggying and Landboarding. Kitebuggying uses a recliner trike powered by the Kite you are holding. This is both tide and wind dependent and depending on those you can pick up some exhilarating speeds powering down Watergate beach - just by the power of the wind! Landboarding is similar -  it’s powered by the kite you are holding but instead you are standing upright on a large wheeled ‘skateboard’.

Some Newquay beaches host ’bubble’ football which entails putting on a big plastic sphere (like a small zorbing ball) then playing beach football.  One Newquay beach takes advantage of the wide open space and has an archery course.

But of course beach sports can just be what you improvise, set a net up for a game of beach tennis or badminton, buy a set of Visit Newquy Tourist Information Centre wooden paddle ball game or our softball beach tennis or cricket sets. Compete for sandcastle building or have a go at crabbing using crab lines or have fun with fling rings. In the end our sandy beaches are a soft landing whatever sport you do on it!