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
EA gauge · Plymouth
Next high tide at Mount Batten Pier is 18:00 (1.7 m). Next low tide 12:00 (-1.8 m).
| ↑ High | 05:00 | 1.4 m |
| ↓ Low | 12:00 | -1.7 m |
| ↑ High | 18:00 | 1.7 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.