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Crackington Haven
Caution. Latest intestinal enterococci was elevated at 370 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.
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Why this verdict
- Latest intestinal enterococci
- 370 cfu/100ml (negative factor)
- Annual classification
- Excellent (positive factor)
- Pollution risk forecast
- Normal (positive factor)
- Rainfall (24h)
- 0mm (positive factor)
- Latest E. coli
- 73 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Latest bacteria reading
Latest sample · 19 August 2026 · 13 days ago
- E. coli
- 73cfu/100ml
- Intestinal enterococci
- 370cfu/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, 2022 to 2025
The Environment Agency links 1 storm overflow to Crackington Haven. In 2025 it discharged 19 times.
Up 36% since 2022, from 14 spills to 19.
Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 184 spills across 6 overflows in 2025.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Crackington Haven?
- Caution. Latest intestinal enterococci was elevated at 370 cfu/100ml. Crackington Haven 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 Crackington Haven?
- Crackington Haven 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 19 August 2026, showed 73 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 370 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
- Has there been sewage at Crackington Haven recently?
- No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Crackington Haven 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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