COMMUNITY RIVERS SEA REPORTS GRADES BOOKS

WALES - SOUTH

(South of Severn/ Rheidol catchment)


PLAYSPOTS

THE BITCHES (Tidal rapid) - Classic playspots in Ramsey Sound. (photos)

EASY WHITEWATER/ TOURING RIVERS

RIVER CAMDDWR - Swift remote grade 2.

RIVER CRAI - a tributary of the Usk.

AFON ELAN - a Wye tributary. (photos)

AFON GWAUN - a tree strewn Pembrokeshire stream.

RIVER RHONDDA FAWR (Head of Valley to Porth) - Low volume stream exploration.

RIVER SENNI - another tiny Usk tributary.

RIVER TAFF (Quaker's Yard to Trefforest) - grade 2 touring, getting cleaner! (photos)

RIVER TAFF (Pontypridd to Cardiff) - easy year-round touring. (photos)

RIVER TAFF (near Llandaff) - short tidal paddle.

RIVERS TAFF AND ELY (Ely Bridge to Millenium Stadium Bridge via Cardiff Bay) - touring through Cardiff.

RIVER TAWE (Abercraf to Ystradgynlais) - a grade 2-3 trip below the classic harder sections. (photos)

RIVER TEIFI (Llanddewi Brevi to Lampeter) - spate touring.

RIVER TEIFI (Llanfirangel to Llandysul) - flat water section.

RIVER TEIFI (Cenarth to Llechryd) - classic flatwater touring.

RIVER TEIFI (Llechryd to the sea) - a pleasant easy trip with the potential for surfing at the end.

RIVER TYWI (From near Castel Dryslwyn) - glorious float trip.

RIVER TYWI (Junction Pool to Dolauhirion) - excellent grade 2-3 fun.

RIVER USK (Sennybridge to Aberbran) - an excellent introduction to whitewater. (photos)

RIVER USK (Brecon to Talybont) - an easy and scenic long trip.

RIVER USK (Talybont to Llangynidr) - an easy trip with a harder rapid at the end.

RIVER WYE (Rhayader to Llanwrthwl)

RIVER WYE (Newbridge to Builth Wells) - an easy touring paddle.

RIVER WYE (Builth Wells to Boughrood) - a classic intro to whitewater, including 'Hell Hole'! (photos)

RIVER WYE (Ross on Wye to Symonds Yat East) - a classic touring paddle.

INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED WHITEWATER RIVERS

AFON AERON (Ciliay Aeron to Aberaeron) - great in spate.

NANT CLYDACH - a short difficult gorge near Pontypridd. (photos)

LOWER CLYDACH RIVER - short grade 4 blast in Clydach.

AFON DOETHIE - very remote paddling near Llyn Brianne. (photos)

CWM DU - a short grade 3-4.

AFON DULAIS (Crynant to Aberdulais) - Neath Tributary with a harder rapid.

AFON EDW (Cregina to Wye Confluence) - a moderately easy Wye tributary.

AFON GRWYNE FAWR (Grwyne Fawr Reservoir to the Usk) - Exciting Usk tributary.

RIVER HEPSTE - Worth the slog to get to it. (photos)

RIVER HONDDU - Usk trib, finishes with an urban gorge!

RIVER IRFON - a little paddled mid-Wales gem. (photos)

RIVER MELLTE - Take your boat walking for a day. (photos)

AFON NEDD FECHAN - a great spate run near to the Hepste and Mellte. (photos)

AFON NYFER - a grade 3 spate tree ditch near Newport, with a harder top section.

RIVER RHONDDA FACH - an easier warmup before the Rhondda Fawr.

RIVER RHONDDA FAWR (Porth to Hopkinstown)- a possibly unique urban big water experience! (photos)

RIVER SAWDDE (Llwynfron to Three Horseshoes Pub) - a good addition to the lower Sawdde gorge. (photos)

RIVER SAWDDE (three Horseshoes Pub to River Twyi confluence) - a lovely little gorge. (photos)

RIVER TAFF FECHAN - the raging river of Merthyr Tydfil. (photos)

RIVER TARELL - grade 3 Usk tributary.

RIVER TAWE (Glyntawe to Abercraf) - the opposite of the upper section, but still great!

RIVER TEIFI (Llandysul to Cenarth Falls) - a pleasant flatwater trip with a (very) few harder rapids or portages.

RIVER TWRCH - another boat-carry...but worth it if it's been raining!

RIVER TYWI (Above Llyn Brianne) - remote exploratory paddle!

RIVER TYWI (Llyn Brianne to Junction Pool) - classic Welsh grade 4 pooldrop. (photos)

RIVER WYE (Llangurig to Rhayader) - a classic section of grade 3-4 paddling. (photos)

RIVER YSGIR (Pont Faen to Pont ar Ysgir) - Usk tributary. (photos)

AFON YSTWTYH (Blaenycwm Farm to Cwmystwyth Bridge) - grade 3-4.

VERY DIFFICULT/ EXTREME WHITEWATER RIVERS

AFON DILIW (Ystwyth tributary) - walk-in with hard gorge.

RIVER MARTEG - tributary of the Wye with access problems.

RIVER TAWE (Upper Section to Glyntawe) - a fantastic steep mountain river. (photos)