Can you swim at Goring Beach?

Caution. Sewage discharge 6.5km away 2 days ago. Goring 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 Goring Beach?

Goring Beach is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 24 August 2026, showed 110 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 160 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.

Has there been sewage at Goring Beach recently?

Yes. 1 storm overflow within ten kilometres of Goring Beach: 1 in the last 48 hours.

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England · Worthing

Wednesday 2 September

Goring Beach

Caution. Sewage discharge 6.5km away 2 days ago.

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 03:26 UK time

Why this verdict

Discharge nearby: 6.5km 2 days ago (negative factor)
Annual classification: Good (positive factor)
Pollution risk forecast: Normal (positive factor)
Rainfall (24h): 0mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli: 110 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Latest intestinal enterococci: 160 cfu/100ml (positive factor)

Recent sewage discharges nearby

Storm overflows operated by Southern Water Services Limited within ten kilometres in the last 48 hours.

Ended 2 days ago

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6.5km from the bathing water

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Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 24 August 2026 · 8 days ago

E. coli: 110cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci: 160cfu/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, 2024 to 2025

The Environment Agency links 2 storm overflows to Goring Beach. In 2025 they discharged 5 times.

Counted spills a year at the overflows feeding this bathing water.

2024

2025

Down 72% since 2024, from 18 spills to 5.

Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 220 spills across 18 overflows in 2025.

Common questions

Can you swim at Goring Beach?: Caution. Sewage discharge 6.5km away 2 days ago. Goring 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 Goring Beach?: Goring Beach is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 24 August 2026, showed 110 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 160 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at Goring Beach recently?: Yes. 1 storm overflow within ten kilometres of Goring Beach: 1 in the last 48 hours.

Where this data comes from

Contains water-company storm overflow data, licensed under OGL v3
Spill counts from the Environment Agency EDM Storm Overflow Annual Returns, 2021 to 2025, published annually.
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