
Daymer Bay is a bay and a beach on the east side of the
River Camel estuary in north
Cornwall
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, England,
United Kingdom
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. It is situated approximately six miles (10 km) north of
Wadebridge.
[Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' ]
Daymer Bay lies west of
Trebetherick village at . The bay is bounded to the north by Trebetherick Point and to the south by
Brea Hill.
Daymer Bay beach is backed by dunes and behind them is
St Enodoc's Church where the poet
John Betjeman is buried. The beach is very popular for
windsurfing
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and
kitesurfing
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snow ...
.
Daymer Bay lies between Trebetherick Point
SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and Rock Dunes SSSI. Much of Daymer Bay is designated as a
County Geology Site by
Cornwall Wildlife Trust because of the
submerged forest
A submerged forest is the ''in situ'' remains of trees, especially tree stumps, that lie submerged beneath a bay, sea, ocean, lake, or other body of water. These remains have usually been buried in mud, peat, or sand for several thousand years b ...
sometimes visible at low tide when not totally or partially covered by sand. The submerged forest is one of many in Cornwall and includes tree stumps and roots, woody material, seeds, well-preserved land-snails and bones of frog/toad and other animals, and is dated, from one sample, at between four and four and a half thousand years old.
References
Beaches of Cornwall
Bays of Cornwall
Populated coastal places in Cornwall
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