Sandy Bay
If there are too many umbrellas and tourists on Llandudno Beach, or the waves are closing out, sneak along the coastal road to Sandy Bay.
Situated at the foot of the saddle that separates Little Lion's Head from the Sentinel, this secluded little patch of sand and sea offers some good shorebreak waves and, being a nudist beach, some interesting sights, making the 20-minute walk from the car park well worth it.
Scuba Diving at Llandudno
Llandudno’s white sands, huge outcrops of granite boulders and mountain backdrop all provide a most beautiful beach setting. Here you can do extensive scuba diving on the Atlantic seaboard, and see a range of splendid marine life, such as crayfish, starfish and underwater ‘gardens’ of kelp.
You can dive to the stern of an oil tanker that is perched on the rocks a few hundred yards offshore. The vessel broke free from a salvage tow in 1977, when a Northwesterly gale broke the tugboat's towline. The front half of the vessel broke off and sank in a following storm. The tug had been towing two salvaged vessels at the time, but both were lost in the gale.
The second vessel ran aground on the rocky shoreline further north towards Camps Bay and provided host to a ‘shipwreck party’ or two until it was salvaged for scrap. What remains of its keel is still visible on the rocks alongside Victoria Road at low tide.