• Distance from the St Davids: 4.2 Mile
• Disabled Access
• Dog Friendly
• Whitesands Cafe 

Whitesands Bay, or Traeth Mawr, overlooked by the craggy hilltop that is Carn Llidi and the remote headland of St Davids Head, is a wide sandy stretch of beach about two miles form St Davids situated in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The beach is an award winning Blue flag area and is considered to be one of the best surfing beaches in the country and has views across to Ramsey Island.

Whitesands is popular with everyone, especially with watersports enthusiasts and families. Surf boards are availalbe for hire and the beach is patrolled by the RNLI. Dog restrictions are in place along the entire length of the beach from 1st May to 30th September. There is ample car parking, a campsite nearby, a Cafe and shop, toilets, a slip way and a first aid post. Be aware of the tides and don't get cut off by an incoming tide at the south end of the beach.

Whitesands has recently been awarded Beach of Year 2015 by readers of the BBC’s Countryfile Magazine.

The full article can be found here.

If you’re planning to visit, check out the tide times to make sure you’ve plenty of beach to play on and that you don’t get cut off by the incoming tide! - Find out more here!

• Distance from the St Davids: 0.9 Mile
• Limited Disabled Access
• Dog Friendly
• Pebbles Yard Cafe, St Davids 

Caerfai Bay is a small rocky cove nestling between spectacular cliffs. It is the nearest beach to St Davids, popluar for swimming (PLEASE BE AWARE OF STRONG CURRENTS IN THE SEA OFF CAERFAI). At high tide the beach is only a small rocky cove, but at low tide there a sandy beach is revealed with plenty of rockpools to explore. The rocks around Caerfai are an unusual purple and were used to build St Davids Cathedral.

Access to the beach is down a steep winding path.

There are no dog restrictions on Caerfai Bay, but dogs must be kept under control. There is ample free car parking above the beach, however, there are no facililtes in the car park or on the beach.

Nearest facililites are in St Davids which is approx 1km from Caerfai Bay.

Be aware of the tides and don't get cut off by an incoming tide.

Caerfai Bay has recently been awarded the Seaside Award Rural 2015.

If you’re planning to visit, check out the tide times o make sure you’ve plenty of beach to play on and that you don’t get cut off by the incoming tide! - See more at: http://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/explore-pembrokeshire/beaches/caerfai-bay/

• Distance from the St Davids: 7 mile
• Disabled Access
• Dog Friendly
• Sands Cafe

Newgale Beach is definitely one of the biggest and quite possibly one of the best beaches in Wales. With over two miles of sandy beach exposed to the Atlantic it is a magnet for surfers and other watersport enthusiasts, although just as popular with families and dogs!. The beach is separated from the road and Newgale Valley by a pebble bank.

At high tide Newgale loses its sandy beach and all that is left is the huge pebble bank stretching the length of the beach. At low tide it is possible to walk around to the adjacent beach of Pwll Mawr, although care must be taken not to get cut off by the incoming tide.

There are dog restrictions on Newgale Beach from 1st May to 30th September. The restriction applies to the middle third of the beach (please see beach map for details on where this is) http://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/downloads/dog-restriction-beach-maps/newgale-beach-dog-restriction-map.

There are three carparks along the length of the beach, two of which are pay and display. There are toilet facilities in the main carpark.
There is a cafe, pub and shop from where you can hire surf equipment and/or get a lesson.

Lifeguards are on duty on Newgale from June until the end of September.

If you’re planning to visit, check out the tide times to make sure you’ve plenty of beach to play on and that you don’t get cut off by the incoming tide! - See more at: http://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/explore-pembrokeshire/beaches/newgale/