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Praa Sands

Break: Beach
Skill level: Beginner to intermediate
Best season: Autumn to winter
Crowds: Medium
Swell: SW, S
Wind: N, NE
Location: 50.1039, -5.3953

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Long south-coast beach with consistent sandbars. The most popular south-Cornwall surf beach and the best place to surf when the north coast is blown out.

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