Luxury Beach House, Gwithian Towans, Cornwall

Surf Six provides a unique luxury experience for this area and you will be blown away by the chalet’s coastal chic. The indoor and outdoor features are geared to ensure you take advantage of its amazing location, a place of sunsets, surf and sea. The plethora of bedrooms, bathrooms and living spaces also means the home offers very flexible accommodation for your family or group.

Inside Surf Six

Approaching via a road through the dunes you arrive at Surf Six, located near the legendary Sunset Surf Café. As you enter you will be drawn to the open plan living/kitchen/dining area, decorated with cool coastal art and hanging industrial lighting. This is the sociable hub for your group to spend time together, and connects the two “wings” of the chalet. There are sea glimpses through two pairs of French doors, which also bathes the room in light at all times of the year. You’ll find comfy sofas with space for six people, plus a 32” TV and a Sonos system. The kitchen is beautifully designed with handmade units and quality fittings and premium appliances such as a Smeg fridge, wine cooler, oven and microwave. The dining area is also generously spacious and has space for eight people to enjoy meals together.

In one wing of the home, you’ll find accommodation for up to four, with a double bedroom and two single rooms, together with a lovely bathroom with a bath and shower. On the other wing, you have a double room and bathroom with shower and toilet. Also in this section, you have the stunning principal bedroom with a double bed, a freestanding bath and spacious walk-in shower (in the same room), and a connecting WC. All bedrooms are comfortably furnished, and have places for storing your things.

Near to the principal bedroom is the massive pre/post surf room, with decadent waterfall shower, another freestanding bath and access to the driveway through French doors. Walking up a small set of stairs you find your way to the top of the wing. This is a small area with a vintage games console on one side, and a living area on the other with 180° views of the sea (and Godrevy Lighthouse), two sofas (seating for six people) and a toasty wood burner. This is a quiet place for guests to escape from the bustle of holiday life, sit with a book, chill and enjoy the views…

The garden and surrounding areas

Surf Six is fully detached and stands in its own private garden, which is large and surrounds the beach house on all sides. To the front you have a lawn, and spacious decking area with festival lighting and a dining table to enjoy tasty al fresco evenings. For a more relaxed, surfer vibe, you also have a barrel barbecue and laid-back seating area for nine people. To the back of the home you have a table tennis table for the competitive people in your group, a wetsuit hanging area, and two après-surf showers either end of the home. There is also ample parking for three or more cars behind the property.

The beach is around 100m from your gate. On the way you’ll pass Sunset Surf, a great place for a coffee, a snack or a complete meal — as well as doubling up as a well-stocked surf shop. If you wanted to try your hands and feet at surfing, the experts at Global Boarders will show you the way of the waves. Gwithian beach is stunning, and it forms one end of three miles of clean tide-washed sand stretching all the way to the Hayle Estuary. Across the bay the sun will set over the twinkling lights of St Ives and Carbis Bay. Gwithian beach is lifeguarded in summer and offers everything beach lovers could wish for, from pumping surf to baby-friendly rockpools. The miles of marram-covered sand dunes (the “Towans”) are dog friendly at all times and the South West Coast Path runs for as far as your legs will carry you in either direction.

Things we love

Surf Six is a well-loved family home that has been styled and appointed for an epic beach holiday, so there’s plenty to love about it. Gwithian is a place you will instantly fall for, a beautifully rural location that’s well connected to stunning places like St Ives, Mount’s Bay and even the wilds of west Cornwall. If you don’t feel like traveling far, you have plenty to do on your doorstep whatever the weather; including relaxing on three miles of sandy beach, playing in the epic surf, wandering the endless dune-scape or rambling the nearby rugged coastline. We also know that big groups like to do different things, so you will find Gwithian has everything suit all moods and ages.

And not forgetting the stellar Surf Six itself. After busy days out, you will find the beach chalet a welcoming space to wind down in. The vast range of inside and outdoor spaces allows your group to spend time together, whilst providing lots of quiet corners for some guests to get some well-deserved “me time”. The retreat has also been geared to those searching for salt and sand, so you will get full use of the two outdoor surf showers and the huge pre/post surf room. With coastal and surf vibes aplenty, Surf Six was made for full-tilt relaxation where the worries of the world will wash away with the tide.