Daymer Bay is a bay and a beach on the east side of the

River Camel The River Camel ( kw, Dowr Kammel, meaning ''crooked river'') is a river in Cornwall, England. It rises on the edge of Bodmin Moor and with its tributaries its catchment area covers much of North Cornwall. The river flows into the eastern Ce ...

estuary in north

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England,

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. It is situated approximately six miles (10 km) north of

Wadebridge Wadebridge (; kw, Ponswad) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel upstream from Padstow.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The permanent popul ...

.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' Daymer Bay lies west of

Trebetherick Trebetherick ( kw, Trebedrek) is a village on the north coast of Cornwall. It is situated on the east side of the River Camel estuary approximately six miles (10 km) north of Wadebridge and half a mile (800 metres) south of Polzeath.Ordn ...

village at . The bay is bounded to the north by Trebetherick Point and to the south by

Brea Hill Brea Hill ( kw, Bre, meaning ''hill''), pronounced "Bray Hill" is a round hill beside the River Camel estuary in north Cornwall, England, United KingdomOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The hill is highOrdnance ...

. Daymer Bay beach is backed by dunes and behind them is St Enodoc's Church where the poet John Betjeman is buried. The beach is very popular for

windsurfing Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...

and

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Daymer Bay tide times
Beaches of Cornwall Bays of Cornwall Populated coastal places in Cornwall {{NorthCornwall-geo-stub