Can you swim at Ryde?

Caution. Sewage discharge 6.7km away 2 days ago. Ryde 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 Ryde?

Ryde 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 55 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 240 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.

Has there been sewage at Ryde recently?

Yes. 2 storm overflows within ten kilometres of Ryde: 2 in the last 48 hours.

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England · Isle of Wight

Wednesday 2 September

Ryde

Caution. Sewage discharge 6.7km 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 03:24 UK time

Why this verdict

Discharge nearby: 6.7km 2 days ago (negative factor)
Latest intestinal enterococci: 240 cfu/100ml (negative factor)
Annual classification: Good (positive factor)
Pollution risk forecast: Normal (positive factor)
Rainfall (24h): 0mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli: 55 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

SWS00416 · into SOLENT

6.7km from the bathing water
Ended 2 days ago

SWS00664 · into PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR

7.1km from the bathing water

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Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 24 August 2026 · 8 days ago

E. coli: 55cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci: 240cfu/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 2025

The Environment Agency links 18 storm overflows to Ryde. In 2025 they discharged 193 times.

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

296

2021

248

2022

428

2023

337

2024

193

2025

Down 35% since 2021, from 296 spills to 193.

Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 1,046 spills across 63 overflows in 2025.

Common questions

Can you swim at Ryde?: Caution. Sewage discharge 6.7km away 2 days ago. Ryde 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 Ryde?: Ryde 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 55 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 240 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at Ryde recently?: Yes. 2 storm overflows within ten kilometres of Ryde: 2 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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