Coasteering at St Davids: Where Guided Coasteering Began
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Coasteering at St Davids: Where Guided Coasteering Began
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Coasteering — scrambling, swimming and jumping your way along a rocky coast instead of walking above it — was named by Edward C Pyatt, who put together 'mountaineering' and 'coast', and the word was in print by 1973. Andy Middleton took the word up in Wales in 1985 and in the late 1980s built it into a guided business from the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre, working the cliff coast at St Davids. It spread from here to Cornwall, Anglesey and the Highlands, and Pembrokeshire is still where people come to do it.
Required Activities
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of 4
Book a guided coasteering session on the St Davids cliffs
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of 4
Swim through a zawn or sea cave on the traverse
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of 4
Make a cliff jump into deep water with your guide
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of 4
Surf or swim at Whitesands Bay afterwards
Book a guided coasteering session on the St Davids cliffs
Swim through a zawn or sea cave on the traverse
Make a cliff jump into deep water with your guide
Surf or swim at Whitesands Bay afterwards
Before you go
Only go with a qualified guide who provides a wetsuit, buoyancy aid and helmet. Never jump into water you have not had checked for depth.
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