Can you swim at Yaverland?

Caution. Sewage discharge 9.8km away 2 days ago. Yaverland 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 Yaverland?

Yaverland 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 24 August 2026, showed 27 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 10 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.

Has there been sewage at Yaverland recently?

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

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England · Isle of Wight

Wednesday 2 September

Yaverland

Caution. Sewage discharge 9.8km 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: 9.8km 2 days ago (negative factor)
Annual classification: Excellent (positive factor)
Pollution risk forecast: Normal (positive factor)
Rainfall (24h): 0mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli: 27 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Latest intestinal enterococci: 10 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

9.8km from the bathing water

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Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 24 August 2026 · 8 days ago

E. coli: 27cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci: 10cfu/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, 2023 to 2025

The Environment Agency links 4 storm overflows to Yaverland. In 2025 they discharged 151 times.

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

299

2023

309

2024

151

2025

Down 49% since 2023, from 299 spills to 151.

Counting every monitored overflow within ten kilometres instead, whether or not it drains here, gives 807 spills across 48 overflows in 2025.

Common questions

Can you swim at Yaverland?: Caution. Sewage discharge 9.8km away 2 days ago. Yaverland 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 Yaverland?: Yaverland 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 24 August 2026, showed 27 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 10 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at Yaverland recently?: Yes. 1 storm overflow within ten kilometres of Yaverland: 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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