Short answer: Beer's bay is sheltered between high white chalk cliffs, so it takes a real storm to make a show here — but the Anchor Inn sits on the cliff directly above the beach with the best view in the village.
Because the shelter is the story. Beer sits in a gap in the white chalk cliffs, so it stays workable when the open coast does not — which makes it the sensible choice if you want to see a big sea without standing in a gale.
When a swell does get in, the chalk cliffs on either side frame it in a way flat beaches cannot.
On the cliff above the beach, with a garden that has the best view in the village. The warm, safe, obvious answer.
For height along the coast. Exposed and unfenced in places, so only if the wind is manageable.
A small open space on Sea Hill just above the beach — a flatter spot to stand with a takeaway coffee.
Beer is a working fishing village and the boats are winched up onto the shingle rather than moored. In heavy weather that is worth watching in itself — though stay out of the way of people doing it.
The walk down to the beach is short but steep, and shingle in the wet is slippery. If the climb is a problem, Beer Head Bistro up at the caravan park has easy parking and a bay view.
Beer is sheltered, so it takes a real southerly to get a swell properly into the bay. That also makes it the sensible choice when the open coast is too much to stand in — you see a big sea without being flattened by the wind.
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