Plymouth Water Sports

With Plymouth's fantastic location there are some great opportunities to enjoy water sports in the natural resources of Plymouth Sound. If your interested in fishing you can choose from enjoying a day out on one of the daily fishing trips, we can help organise that prior to your arrival. The sound is also a great place to learn to sail, dive, or you can enjoy a leisure cruise or simply jump in to a water taxi to really enjoy the natural beauty of the waterways and countryside.

For those who enjoy something more adventuring a short drive away can place you on Dartmoor National Park which is home to some of the UK's best white water rafting. At the Athenaeum Lodge Guest House you will find lots of information and leaftets on how to book and enjoy some of the great water sports in and around Plymouth.

Plymouth has also becoming on of the UK's best Dive locations with the sinking of the HMS Scilla. After being decommissioned, she was bought by the National Marine Aquarium and sunk on the 27th of March 2004 in Whitsand bay near Plymouth, where she now lies creating an artificial reef for divers, the first of its kind in Europe.You will also be able to enjoy some other amazing wreck dives when aboard one of the many dive boats which take you to some of the best dive sites in the UK.
If there is something of interest which you want to do we will do our best to help you enjoy the activity.

Surfing in Devon and Cornwall

Plymouth is a great place to be located for visiting many areas of Devon and Cornwall. Surfing beaches are predominately on the North coast and of course famous surfing places like Newquay are just over the hour away from Plymouth. Although the waves in South Devon and Cornwall are generally smaller that the North coast you can still get very respectable waves for surfing. Close to Plymouth are Bantham and Whitsand Bay. Both places are good for surfing. Check out the surf conditions on our home page.

Bantham

parking large car park, manned entrance.

facilities life guards, toilets

The beach area is privately owned and not been subjected to commerce as yet! The result of this is that when you visit you have to bring everything you need for the day with you. The beach has the River Avon flow into it so it is cut off from Bigbury-on-sea by the river flowing into the sea. Some hard core kayakers seem to take pleasure in paddling against the flow.

Being the south coast the waves are generally smaller than the north coast, but Batham still gets a respectable surfing wave, and is quite consistant, it is one of the better surf beaches on the South Devon coast. It is becoming a popular location for kitesurfing - you must be insured to kitesurf here.

Dry feet kite activities are not recommended in the high summer, there are too many holiday makers. Life guards will ask you to pack up if you are not showing common sense.