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Dail Beag Beach (Isle of Lewis)

Description: This beach on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland is an ideal location for surfers.

Newest Review: ... means little whilst "mor" means big so it doesn't take a genius to work out that the beach that we went to at Dail Beag was much smaller than the one at the other side of the headland. However with nothing at that point to compare it with we were very impressed. Dial Beag is accessed via a steep single-track road that winds down to the sea from the A858 coastal road. There is a ... more

... small sign that points to Dial Beag but this refers to the tiny hamlet of the same name (about 4 crofts scattered across a large area) and there is no indication that there is a beach at the end of this road. The road twists and turns for about a ...more

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Dail Beag Beach (Isle of Lewis): I'm glad I went to the wrong beach (997 words)
by - written on 20/07/09 (Very useful, 114 readings)
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The thing about the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides is that when it comes to beaches the visitor really is spoilt for choice. There is no landmass between here and Canada so there is nothing to break the waves that crash ashore which has turned some of these beaches into real magnets for surfers. The most popular surfing beaches with the huge "Atlantic Rollers" tend to be the longer beaches some of which stretch for almost 20 miles but some of the nicest beaches, in my opinion, on the island are the smaller ones. We took the advise of the campsite owner who told us that one of the nicest local beaches to where we were staying in Shawbost was at Dail Mor a ... Read the complete review