A tiny little cove with room for only three anglers at a time. It is flanked by cliff headlands and is quite steep to and fairly deep at long range. The headland on the right is dotted with caves. Patches of clean sand, but with occasional rock patches in-between, especially after a good storm. A stream flows on to the beach on the left side, which after heavy rain can kill the fishing for a few days until it clears.
A good beach in the second half of the year. Being small, it can carry weed, but this tends to be close in and long casts can get you over it and fishing.
Night tides fish best and these can produce good huss that work their way around off the rocks. Wrasse are caught by clambering over the rocks on the right.
SPECIES
Huss, dogfish, bass, dabs, codling, flounder, plaice, wrasse and gurnards. Chance of rays at long range and the odd tope has been hooked.
BEST BAITS
Big sandeel or mackerel baits find the huss and dogfish. Bass take crab early on and through the summer, but switch to razorfish or squid in the autumn. Codling, dabs, flounder and plaice all take worm baits, with gurnards keen on small fish baits.
TACKLE
Beachcasters and 15lb line are okay if you don’t mind losing a bit of gear and long range can find the gurnards, plaice and codling. For the huss and bass local anglers prefer 18lb line and heavier 7000-type reel.
Best huss, bass and codling rig is a pulley rig with 2/0 to 4/0 hooks. Two or three hook rigs take pretty much everything else. A pulley rig with a rotten bottom can also take the wrasse casting close to the rocks.
GETTING THERE
Cwm Tudu is located off the A487 between Aberystwyth and Cardigan taking the coast bound yellow graded road at Blaen-waun signposted for Cwm Tudu. Another narrow and twisty road through a narrow village, but there is a free car park right above the beach.
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