England · Environment Agency
Bridlington South Beach
Use caution
Sewage discharge in the last 48h from FLAMBOROUGH VILLAGE STW (2 recent events within 5km, Yorkshire Water).
High confidence — a discharge in the last 48 hours is the driving signal.
Status computed 25 Aug 2026, 08:43 UTC; statuses refresh every 15 minutes.
What we know
- Regulator classification
- Sufficient
- Pollution risk forecast
- Normal (forecast expired)
- Active discharges
- None within 5km
- Recent discharges (last 48 hours)
- 2 within 5km
- Upstream river network
- None reported affecting this spot’s river reaches
- Surrounding overflow coverage
- Within an ingested water company network
- Monitoring season
- Currently in regulator monitoring season
Last sampled 10 August 2026 · 6 weeks ago. Source: Environment Agency.
Forecast expired 25 Aug 2026, 08:29 UTC — outside its 24-hour validity window. Source: Environment Agency.
Most recent at FLAMBOROUGH VILLAGE STW (Yorkshire Water) — ended 21 Aug 2026, 12:09 UTC.
Discharges traced through the river network by sewage-map.
Water body baseline
The Environment Agency classifies this water body (Yorkshire South) as Moderate ecological status (2022 classification). That is a Water Framework Directive assessment of long-term ecosystem health — plants, invertebrates, fish, chemistry — not a bacteriological measure of whether the water is safe to swim in today. It is shown as context and plays no part in the verdict above.
The EA’s Catchment Data Explorer page for this water body →
Source: EA Catchment Data Explorer, Open Government Licence v3.0 — data as of 21 Aug 2026, 10:40 UTC.
What this verdict means
Use caution means at least one signal argues against swimming right now — a discharge in the last 48 hours nearby or upstream, an elevated pollution risk forecast, or a weak classification. The evidence above shows which signal is driving it.
Every verdict here is computed from regulator classifications, sample dates, pollution-risk forecasts, and water-company discharge reports — it is not a water test. Absence of a negative signal is not positive confirmation of safety, and conditions on the day (rainfall, currents, cold) matter as much as water quality. Read how statuses are decided.