East Looe

19.4°C Water temp · Aug 2

United Kingdom Coastal 2 - Good 19.4°C

Satellite view of East Looe — Satellite © Esri

East Looe is at the mouth of the Looe Estuary on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 280 metres wide, close to the town of Looe.

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Location

Cornwall

Season

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

Water Quality

Good (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

There are emergency and storm overflows that discharge into the estuary at Looe, and the river catchment upstream. The operation of the overflows can lead to a temporary drop in water quality in the Looe Estuary and at East Looe bathing water.
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/