Whitby

10.1°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 10.1°C

Whitby Beach is a large beach resort situated on the Yorkshire coast. The sandy beach is approximately one kilometre in length with a gentle slope and lies to the west of Whitby Harbour. The beach is backed by a sea wall and promenade with beach huts and a cafe and higher up the cliff the urbanised areas of Whitby town.

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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 is one storm overflow that discharges directly into the bathing area and several others that discharge into a stream that enters the North Sea to the north of the bathing water. When storm overflows operate, they discharge diluted and screened effluent into the sea and rivers and this may sometimes result in reduced 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/