Local knowledge comes in useful and here is my personal list of suggestions for some of the best beaches to suit you for various reasons so for:

Surfing including board hire and tuition:

Harlyn

Polzeath

Children – toilets plus grassy car park very close to the beach:

Daymer Bay

Trevone

Watching/participating in water sports including sailing and kite surfing:

Rock

Watergate Bay

Rockpools .. and who doesn’t love a rockpool at low tide?

Constantine

Booby’s Bay

Dog Friendly:

Daymer Bay

Tregirls

Food overlooking the beach:

Polzeath   (The Waterfront and Surfside)

Watergate Bay (Beach Hut, Jamie Oliver)

Mawgan Porth (Scarlet Hotel)

Easy walking:

Treyarnon Bay to Constantine

Padstow to St Georges or Tregirls

Polzeath (Tristram) to Greenaway or further to Daymer Bay

Wild(er) walking:

The Rumps off Polzeath

Trevose Head

Secret beaches

Well that would be telling ……