Bracklesham Bay

14.4°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 14.4°C

The bathing water is situated on the south coast between Chichester Harbour entrance and Selsey Bill in West Sussex. The bathing water is primarily a shingle beach around high tide but with gently shelving sand exposed at low water which is a well known productive area of fossils. Surrounding the bathing water are the villages of Bracklesham and East Wittering.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Chichester, West Sussex, Chichester District

Season

Designated bathing water since 1988. Official monitoring season runs from May to September.

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There is a storm overflow called Charlmead East storm overflow that enters a culverted stream just inland of the beach. Discharges occur from the storm overflow when heavy rainfall overwhelms the sewerage system but are designed not to affect bathing water compliance.
Also within the vicinity of the beach there are two surface water outfalls. Reduced water quality may persist in the area adjacent to the outfalls for some time after rainfall has occurred.