The beach is a clean and sandy, fishing onto similar. The most popular marks are the rocks at either end of the beach, fishing onto a mixed bottom.

Fish include wrasse, pollack, bull huss, bass, mackerel.

There is no car park at Barafundle bay. It is a short walk from the car park at Stackpole Quay, which is signposted with brown signs from the A4319, east of Stackpole.

Stackpole also has fishing from the Quay (Cei Ystangbwll) and various rock marks.