De Nog , 23-05-2018

1965: Lynmouth had closed out - There was a SW hooley. It may have been Dec or Jan ... We had looked at Porlock Weir in the past and knew that when the conditions were right Porlock Weir might just be a goer. Lynmouth had closed out, so we raced up and over County Gate and whazzed down to Porlock Weir where the tide was pushing the swells against an offshore 'breeze' .... It was magic for about an hour and as the storm tracked away so did the surf. We had only one more occasion at PW, and then the waves were a soft right .... As far as I know I was the 1st person to surf PW followed by Fuzz, Guns, and Budgie. :)

De Ghost of the Severn , 06-12-2009

Locals - I'm local to nowhere, but in the winter I find myself seeking out waves that are non existent in the summer. It's because I want to surf I want to see what this country can offer us. So I try different spots, I keep myself well away from the people already in esp. if they know what they're doing. I make sure as much as is humanly possible I don't even so much as look for a wave the guys are paddling for until either (a) my wave count is 5 times less than theirs or (b) it's swung out wide and no one but me is anywhere near it.
I always say hi, I praise the wave, and guess what?
I get no problems.

De Anonymous , 03-09-2009

Jazzer - Hey boys cool yer jets.

I have surfed Porlock since the mid eighties and things move on and places get crowded. As for localism it's all a load of old bollocks. Are you telling me the locals don't go to other peoples local breaks. You have all been reading to many surf mags. You boys don't own it nor were you the first to surf it, nor was I.

De Anonymous , 25-01-2008

we got lucky - I'm from Holland and juli 2007 we stayed in a cottage at porlock, we heard that this spot diddn't work a lot, so every day we drove to woolacombe and putts had some good session over therte until it got blown out, so we decided to go check Lynmouth but the crowd over there was to big and than we drove back to porlock to see if something was going on, and yes there actually was a nice 6 ft wave breaking with only 2 guys in the water ( some friendly dudes from minehead) had a good session over there

De Mikey , 21-03-2007

poop - I actually spuwwed here the other day when I saw a massive turd in the water.Then I dropped in and hit my head on the shallow bottom and got hit by someone else's board. Got out and fell over the nasty stones and then got abuse from the locals who were hitting golf balls at me. One of em must have bin a single handy capper, got me rite in the snozzer!!Basically you really don't want to surf here, I won't be again man,

Peace out, Fun board fran

De Anonymous , 27-12-2006

its shit, don't worry - Porlock is shit

De mikey madness , 16-12-2006

I agree - Yeh good point city surfer, although thats bullshit about not seeing the same people as there are the colony boys and co, about 8 surfers who are locals and surf it pretty much whenver it works although IU agree if you drive from bristol why don't you go lyny too as it's only another 10mins!!It's much better, longer, bigger and more variety!!Get on your local break (severn bore). Smell ya later potata

De City surfer and proud!!!! , 13-12-2006

Not as good as everyone says it is!!!! - Been surfing this stretch of coast for over 11 years. I was born in Minehead, grew up in Clevedon and now live in Bristol. I've surfed Porlock many times and never seen the same guys in the lineup twice, even when its crowded. Six or seven people is full and you should avoid it as there won't be enough waves for everyone?? I don't know why so many people avoid the better breaks when its pumpin, to surf a little left point that not even that long a point??? Just look at the photos and ask yourslef "is it really that good?"....Go surf Lynmouth when its on, as theres more of a chance of getting a wave, rather than a beating!!!

De Anonymous , 29-11-2006

- yeah let the younger kids have waves everyone has been there, sharing the waves its all good, groms might even give you some tips, some do absolutely rip but any cheeky arrogant ones... bollocks to em.

De Tim , 17-10-2005

15th October 2005 - Does anyone know if Porlock was working this Saturday?