Cayton Bay

10.6°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 10.6°C

Cayton Bay Beach is a rural sandy beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length with a gentle slope. At low tide rocky outcrops and large areas of the beach become exposed and the water's edge can be some distance away. On the steep cliff above the beach are a number of Holiday Parks and several farms.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

North Yorkshire

Season

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

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

The quality of the bathing water may sometimes be affected by storm, emergency and surface water outfalls. Storm overflows may operate during and after heavy rainfall. This is when the sewer system can become overwhelmed by the amount of surface water entering it. The overflows prevent sewage from backing up pipes and flooding properties.
There are no storm overflows in the bathing water area. There are two storm overflows from Scarborough Sewage Treatment Works have the potential to impact on bathing water quality at Cayton Bay. One overflow is located 1.5 kilometres and another is located 4.5 kilometres north of Cayton Bay. When these outfalls are operating they discharge diluted and screened effluent into the North Sea which may result in a decline in the bathing water quality.
Yorkshire Water is designing a new scheme to improve treated and storm effluents from Scarborough Sewage Treatment Works which will be completed by 2014. This will help improve bathing water quality.
Yorkshire Water is one of the organisations involved in the Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership. The partnership is working together to ensure Yorkshire's bathing beaches meet or go beyond the requirements of the revised Bathing Water Directive in 2015. The Environment Agency, Scarborough Borough Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, North Yorkshire County Council and other interested parties are also involved in the partnership. This bathing water is included in the Surfers Against Sewage “Safer Seas Service”. This service can alert you to Combined Storm Sewer Overflow discharges via a phone App and in addition, it includes the Environment Agency Pollution Risk Forecast warnings where they are available. Further details of the service can be found at - http://www.sas.org.uk/safer-seas-service/