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 03:00 (4.4 m). Next low tide 09:00 (0.9 m).
| ↑ High | 02:00 | 4.1 m |
| ↓ Low | 08:00 | 1.2 m |
| ↑ High | 14:00 | 4.5 m |
| ↓ Low | 20:00 | 0.8 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.