Scotland · Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Fisherrow Sands
Avoid swimming
Regulator classification: Poor.
High confidence — the regulator's own classification speaks for itself.
Status computed 4 Nov 2026, 03:43 UTC; statuses refresh every 15 minutes.
What we know
- Regulator classification
- Poor
- 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 8 September 2026 · 8 weeks 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
Avoid swimming is driven by the strongest negative signals this map tracks: an active sewage discharge affecting this water, or a regulator classification of Poor or a closure. After a discharge ends, waiting at least 48 hours before swimming is the standard advice.
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.