Newsurf (Newgale Surf School & Hire)

Two miles of gently shelving sand facing straight down St Brides Bay make Newgale the county's natural surf classroom, and Newsurf is the operation on the spot: lessons through the season, plus hire of boards, wetsuits and bodyboards from the shop by the beach, so a flat-calm forecast can turn into a surf afternoon with no planning at all.

The beach's scale is the safety feature — room for schools, learners and lineups to spread out — and the middle third's summer dog restriction conveniently maps to where the swimmers and surfers concentrate (the dog rules, beach by beach).

Lesson times, conditions and hire prices on their site. For where Newgale sits among the county's waves, see surfing in Pembrokeshire — and Whitesands up the coast when Newgale's closed out.