Skip to content
windplease

Rhosneigr

The UK's premier big-air spot — deep water at any tide, funnelling southerlies, and rocks that disappear at high water.

Anglesey · Isle of AngleseyDirections

Loading the week's forecast…

Loading map…

● Spot · shaded: the wind directions that work here. It is not a riding area or a permitted kite zone. Two fingers to move the map.

Location & launch

Know before you go.

Launch
Sand at Traeth Crigyll, the northern beach, at the end of Glan-y-Môr road or Beach Road; Traeth Llydan (Broad Beach) and Cymyran further west are the same stretch. Launch towards the sea to stay out of the wind shadow off the houses.
Wind
SSE · S · SSW · SW · WSW · W · WNW · NW winds work here.
Tide
Deep water at every state of tide, so a foil on a long mast works throughout. That is rare, and a big part of why kite foilers rate it.

The shaded area shows the wind directions recorded as working here. It is not a permitted kite zone or a safe launch boundary. Check local signs.

Local rules, hazards & spot guide

Need to know

The things that catch people out here.

  • The rocks are the thing. They are invisible at high tide and they will wreck your board and you. Learn where they are at low water first.
  • Strong rip at the southern end, and the river halfway up the beach runs hard after rain.
  • Launching near Glan-y-Môr road at high tide puts you in a wind shadow. Launch towards the sea.
  • Deep water at every state of tide, so kite foilers on long masts love it, and it is rideable when other spots aren't.
  • Flatter water at the northern end of the bay towards Starvation Island; rolling sets with long intervals to the south.
  • Works on SW round to NW, but a straight southerly with a running swell is what people drive for.

Conditions

NESW
  • Best
  • Works
  • Offshore
Works in
SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW
Best in
S, SSW, SW
Offshore (careful)
NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE
Wind quality
clean
Water
Mixed
Depth
deep
Best tide
Any state
Spring range
5.2 m

Works on anything from south-west round to north-west, but is at its best on a straight southerly with a running swell — the wind funnels and the water lines up.

Tide rule

Deep water at every state of tide, so a foil on a long mast works throughout. That is rare, and a big part of why kite foilers rate it. Lower tides expose more beach and suit beginners. Mid to high tides produce better wave riding at Traeth Llydan.

Beginner
Good
Intermediate
Ideal
Advanced
Ideal

Lower tides expose plenty of beach and make it approachable for beginners; the deep water makes it exceptional for everyone else.

Hazards

Most serious first. The level is in words as well as colour.

  • high

    rocks Rocks that cannot be seen at high tide are the major hazard here, and they will injure you or destroy your equipment.

  • high

    current A strong rip runs at the southern end of the beach, and the river halfway along runs hard after heavy rain.

  • medium

    wind shadow Wind shadow when launching at high tide near Glan-y-Môr road — launch towards the sea to avoid it.

  • medium

    crowds The UK's best-known big-air spot; busy when the forecast is good.

Access & rules

Launch
Sand at Traeth Crigyll, the northern beach, at the end of Glan-y-Môr road or Beach Road; Traeth Llydan (Broad Beach) and Cymyran further west are the same stretch. Launch towards the sea to stay out of the wind shadow off the houses.
Self launch
Good on the open sand; awkward and shadowed at high tide near the road.
Permit
Not required
Insurance
BKSA or RYA third-party cover expected.
Tuition
Permitted
Facilities
toilets, cafe, shop, pub, changing

Parking

  • Rhosneigr beach car parks

    paid

Safety

Who is around if it goes wrong. None of it makes the water safe.

Lifeguards
Seasonal RNLI cover on the main beach.
RNLI
Trearddur Bay RNLI
Nearest A&E
Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor (~35 min)
Water quality
Designated bathing water — excellent

The spot

Rhosneigr, known universally as Rhossy, is where British kitesurfers go to boost. Deep water, big swell and a southerly wind that funnels across the bay combine into something close to unique in Britain, and the spot has a reputation for big air that no other UK beach matches.

The depth is the technical differentiator: it stays deep at any tidal state, which means long foil masts work throughout and there is no tide window to plan around. Flatter water sits at the northern end of the bay towards Starvation Island; head south for rolling sets with long intervals.

The hazard is rock. There are rocks here that are invisible at high tide and will injure you or destroy your gear. Learn where they are at low water before you ride at high. There is also a strong rip at the southern end, a river halfway along the beach that runs hard after rain, and a wind shadow if you launch near Glan-y-Môr road at high tide — launch towards the sea instead.

Links & local

Webcams

Clubs, forums & groups

Schools & shops nearby

  • Funsport Rhosneigr · watersports shop, kite shop, kite school, wetsuit shop · ~0.3 km

    Long-established Rhosneigr watersports shop and school.

Sources

Where this record came from, and how confident we are in it.

Confidence: high · 4 independent sources · status published · updated 2026-09-07

Verify locally. Coordinates 53.2328, -4.5229. Conditions, access arrangements and beach rules change; check them on the day before you rely on anything on this page.