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 09:00 (3.5 m). Next low tide 02:00 (-0.8 m).
| ↓ Low | 01:00 | -0.7 m |
| ↑ High | 08:00 | 3.9 m |
| ↓ Low | 14:00 | -0.6 m |
| ↑ High | 20:00 | 3.9 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.