Rottingdean Beach

13.6°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 13.6°C

Rottingdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes, the gravel beach slopes steeply at first but levels off with more sand towards low water. Behind the beach there is a promenade all the way to Brighton.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

The City of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex

Season

Designated bathing water since 2024. Official monitoring season runs from May to September.

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

This bathing water could be affected by a discharge from the Portobello storm overflow that can occur when heavy rainfall overwhelms the sewerage system. This outfall is designed not to affect bathing water compliance.

Within the vicinity of the beach, approximately 40m to the west of the bathing water point, there is a surface water outfall. Reduced water quality may persist in the area adjacent to the outfall for some time after rainfall has occurred. Discharges occur when heavy rainfall overwhelms the sewerage system but are designed not to affect bathing water compliance. There is another surface water drain over 1k m away to the west.