Dovercourt

14°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 14°C

Dovercourt is a quiet family resort with a shelving sand and shingle beach. It is backed by a promenade and sea wall. The promenade extends to Harwich Town. From the beach there are panoramic views of the approaches to the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich, Walton, and Hamford Water National Nature Reserve.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Tendring, Essex, Tendring District

Season

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

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There are now no storm or emergency discharges directly to the bathing water. There are a number of surface water outfalls onto the beach which discharge road drainage from the town. Low Road pumping station has an emergency discharge to the Borrow Dyke but this is unlikely to affect bathing water quality. 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/