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Worst beaches for sewage in Isle of Wight

13 bathing waters ranked by the storm-overflow spills the Environment Agency links to them in 2025. The other 2 in Isle of Wight have no comparable 2025 record, which is not the same as a clean one.

Spills in 2025

  1. 1 Cowes 487 from 16 overflows -18% since 2021
  2. 2 Gurnard 444 from 15 overflows -11% since 2021
  3. 3 Ryde 193 from 18 overflows -35% since 2021
  4. 4 St Helens 185 from 16 overflows -32% since 2021
  5. 5 Seagrove 169 from 16 overflows -46% since 2021
  6. 6 Shanklin 156 from 6 overflows -50% since 2023
  7. 7 Sandown 151 from 5 overflows -49% since 2023
  8. 8 Yaverland 151 from 4 overflows -49% since 2023
  9. 9 Whitecliff Bay 140 from 2 overflows -47% since 2023
  10. 10 Bembridge 129 from 7 overflows -36% since 2021
  11. 11 Colwell Bay 106 from 9 overflows +93% since 2021
  12. 12 Totland Bay 89 from 7 overflows +128% since 2021
  13. 13 Ventnor 6 from 3 overflows -73% since 2023

How this is counted

Each figure counts spills from the storm overflows the Environment Agency links to that bathing water in its annual Event Duration Monitoring return, so it follows the sewer network rather than a map radius. Spills only: the return's duration column is not reliable enough to publish.

See the cleanest beaches in Isle of Wight or every spill happening now.