England · East Riding of Yorkshire
Bridlington South Beach
Caution. Pollution risk is raised today.
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.
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Why this verdict
- Pollution risk forecast
- Increased (negative factor)
- Annual classification
- Sufficient (neutral factor)
- Rainfall (24h)
- 0mm (positive factor)
- Latest E. coli
- 91 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
- Latest intestinal enterococci
- 100 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Latest bacteria reading
Latest sample · 26 August 2026 · 6 days ago
- E. coli
- 91cfu/100ml
- Intestinal enterococci
- 100cfu/100ml
The regulator samples weekly during the bathing season. E. coli and intestinal enterococci are the indicator organisms used in the official classification.
Sewage spills, 2021 to 2024
The Environment Agency links 7 storm overflows to Bridlington South Beach. In 2024 they discharged 185 times.
Up 40% since 2021, from 132 spills to 185.
Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 474 spills across 18 overflows in 2025.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Bridlington South Beach?
- Caution. Pollution risk is raised today. Bridlington South Beach 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 Bridlington South Beach?
- Bridlington South Beach is rated Sufficient in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 26 August 2026, showed 91 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 100 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
- Has there been sewage at Bridlington South Beach recently?
- No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Bridlington South Beach has discharged in the last 48 hours.
Where this data comes from
- Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and database right
- 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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