Taste of the Bay three night break
Stay for three-nights midweek and eat in each of our restaurants - Zacry’s, The Beach Hut and The Living Space.
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Watergate Bay Hotel
Watergate Bay Hotel is so close to the sea you can watch the surfers from the pool. It’s about the balance in life: getting among the elements, eating and drinking well, having a good time with family and friends.
Summer in the Bay
From sunrise swims to surf sessions and sunset on The Living Space terrace, summer at the Bay is all about embracing the elements — with dance-circus performance, street food, silent discos and the return of Britain’s top beach volleyball on the sand.
WILD on the Beach
5&6 July 2025
This summer, movement meets nature on the sand. For the first time ever, Motionhouse brings its gravity-defying dance-circus show WILD to a beach stage.
Saturday evening is topped off with a Summer Social silent disco, bar and street food.
Land Rover Discovery Beach School
From bushcraft to imagination and storytelling, learn the art of whittling and practical survival skills or join family pop up sessions with Newquay Wild Activities and Beach Guardian.
Beach school is returning for July and August in partnership with Land Rover Discovery.
Latest offers
Stay a while
Stay for four nights or more at anytime during the week with 15% off, on a bed and breakfast basis.
Read moreKids Go Free
We’re inviting children to stay for free from Sundays to Thursdays, when sharing an adult double room.
Read moreDinner inclusive
Stay the night and savour our new menu in Zacry’s restaurant from executive head chef, Chris Eden.
Read moreActive breaks
Active breaks at Watergate Bay are designed to give you the opportunity to learn something new and develop your technique from experts in their field.
Read moreSwimming breaks in Cornwall
Have you ever wanted to learn how to take your swimming to the next level? Now you can with our swim break active break. Find out more here.
Read morePilates active break
Practice Pilates by the sea with Marina Huxley, a qualified body control Pilates teacher.
Read moreYoga and wellness break Cornwall
Have you ever wanted to learn yoga or take it to the next level? Now you can with our three-day yoga and wellness active break at Watergate Bay Hotel in Cornwall.
Read moreChristmas four night break
Our four-night Christmas break includes breakfast and dinner, activities and all the festive trimmings.
Read moreLast minute availability
We often have a few rooms available last minute. Choose from sea view suites, double rooms, family suites and dog friendly. Pick one of our last minute rooms to join us within the next couple of weeks.
Active breaks
Floating in a sea pool, stretching skyward at sunrise, soaking up ocean views… from yoga to swimming and Pilates – all under expert tuition – our 2025 active breaks are here.
Collaborating with experienced instructors, this series of two-night, three-day breaks are designed to revive body and mind, by the sea.
Upcoming events
WILD on the Beach
Jul 05 - 06
WILD comes to Watergate Bay – a high-energy dance-circus performance on the beach, followed by an evening Summer Social with a silent disco and street food.
Read moreSaturday Summer Social July
Jul 05 - 05
Once the last WILD on the Beach show wraps up and the sun dips, our first Saturday Summer Social takes off. Hit the sand for a free to attend silent disco from 5-7pm. Dance to the beat of the waves, sip sundowners and fill up on local street food as the light dances on the ocean.
Read moreNewquay Food Festival
Jul 10 - 13
July 2025 welcomes the first ever Newquay Food Festival. Showcasing the best of Cornwall’s food, drink, and creative community. The festival takes place at Killacourt which offers panoramic views of the coastline and beaches below. Expect local food traders, and live fire-cooking demos, to live music, artisan stalls, and a vibrant festival atmosphere.
Read moreSunset supper club
Jul 19 - 19
Gather over a long table on the beach for a wood-fired feast with Minuty Rosé, our provencal wine partner.
Read moreSaturday Summer Social August
Aug 02 - 02
Hit the sand for a free to attend summer social silent disco from 5-7pm. Dance to the beat of the waves, sip sundowners and fill up on local street food as the light dances on the ocean.
Read moreBoardmasters Music Festival
Aug 06 - 10
A five day combination of surfing, wellness and live music over a series of stages on the cliff tops of Watergate Bay.
Read moreDiscover our stories
Supplier stories: Origin Coffee
Savour that coffee-by-the-sea moment at Watergate Bay Hotel. Origin coffee, roasted here in Cornwall, is infused with a story of passion and precision that connects each sip back to small coffee farms on the tropical belt. We catch up with Stephen Gray, Head of Coffee, to hear all about it.
Read moreHow to photograph a sunset at Watergate Bay
Cornwall based filmmaker and photographer Ben Battell talks to us about capturing the perfect sunset. Discover Ben’s professional pointers for capturing shots that go beyond “what you see on everyone else's Instagram feeds”:
Read moreMeet: Artist in residence Sonia Shomalzadeh
We caught up with sand artist Sonia Shomalzadeh ahead of her residency at Watergate Bay from 7–10 June 2025, when she’ll be creating life-size wildlife drawings of endangered marine species on the beach.
Read moreSupplier stories: Padstow Kitchen Garden
Padstow Kitchen Garden supplies Watergate Bay Hotel with the freshest seasonal produce, grown sustainably overlooking the Camel Estuary in Padstow. Meet the farmer putting nature first for the best possible taste.
Read moreOur Restaurants: Meet Chris
Chris Eden has been busy evolving our food game and reimagining the menus across Zacry's, The Living Space and The Beach Hut. Meet Chris and hear what makes him tick.
Read moreBehind Kids' Zone: Meet Tammy
With imagination, patience and heart, Tammy leads the charge in the Kids’ Zone. We meet Tammy to find out why the Kids' Zone makes up such a big part of family holidays at Watergate Bay.
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