Can you swim at Brean?

No. Latest sample showed 420 intestinal enterococci cfu/100ml. Brean is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.

What is the water quality like at Brean?

Brean is rated Excellent in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 14 August 2026, showed 110 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 420 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.

Has there been sewage at Brean recently?

No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Brean has discharged in the last 48 hours.

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Wednesday 2 September

Brean

No. Latest sample showed 420 intestinal enterococci cfu/100ml.

Water quality only This says nothing about tides, rip currents, cold water shock or lifeguard cover. Cold water and currents are dangerous even when the water is clean. Read the local signs before you go in. What we cannot tell you.

Checked 03:24 UK time

Why this verdict

Latest intestinal enterococci: 420 cfu/100ml (negative factor)
Annual classification: Excellent (positive factor)
Pollution risk forecast: Normal (positive factor)
Rainfall (24h): 1mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli: 110 cfu/100ml (positive factor)

Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 14 August 2026 · 3 weeks ago

E. coli: 110cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci: 420cfu/100ml

The regulator samples weekly during the bathing season. E. coli and intestinal enterococci are the indicator organisms used in the official classification.

Storm overflows nearby

The Environment Agency does not link any storm overflow directly to Brean, so there is no spill record for it. There were 9 monitored overflows within ten kilometres in 2025, whether or not they drain here.

Common questions

Can you swim at Brean?: No. Latest sample showed 420 intestinal enterococci cfu/100ml. Brean is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.
What is the water quality like at Brean?: Brean is rated Excellent in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 14 August 2026, showed 110 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 420 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at Brean recently?: No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Brean has discharged in the last 48 hours.

Where this data comes from

Spill counts from the Environment Agency EDM Storm Overflow Annual Returns, 2021 to 2025, published annually.
View the regulator's full profile

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