Quiet pier inside Plymouth Sound, deep water, clean sand, and shelter from the prevailing south-westerlies. Bass, pollack, wrasse and mackerel through summer; whiting and codling through winter. Conger eels at night from the breakwater end.
Target species here
Tide times for Mount Batten Pier
Next high tide at Mount Batten Pier is 19:00 (5.8 m). Next low tide 13:00 (0.6 m).
| ↑ High | 06:00 | 5.5 m |
| ↓ Low | 12:00 | 0.7 m |
| ↑ High | 19:00 | 5.8 m |
Fishes best on the flood.
Access & rules
Free pay-and-display on the Mount Batten peninsula. Cafe and toilets nearby. The water-taxi runs from the Barbican across the Sound.