Scotland · Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Elie (Ruby Bay)
Monitored — no current concerns
Annual classification is Excellent, but no recent monitoring data — the most recent regulator sample is 2 months old. The 2026 bathing season runs 15 May – 15 September; fresh samples typically arrive 2-4 weeks into the season.
Low confidence — the classification is favourable, but the most recent regulator sample is not recent.
Status computed 4 Nov 2026, 00:13 UTC; statuses refresh every 15 minutes.
What we know
- Regulator classification
- Excellent
- Pollution risk forecast
- Not published for this spot
- Active discharges
- None within 5km
- Recent discharges (last 48 hours)
- None within 5km
- Upstream river network
- None reported affecting this spot’s river reaches
- Surrounding overflow coverage
- Within an ingested water company network
- Monitoring season
- Outside regulator monitoring season
Last sampled 26 August 2026 · 2 months ago. Source: Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
SEPA does not publish risk forecasts.
Discharges traced through the river network by sewage-map.
SEPA monitors 15 May – 15 September only.
What this verdict means
Monitored — no current concerns means the regulator's classification is favourable but no live discharge data covers this region, so a spill today would not show here. It is deliberately a softer signal than safe.
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.