Whitley Bay

10.8°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 10.8°C

Whitley Bay Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach with occasional rocky outcrops in the inter-tidal area. The beach is approximately 2.5 kilometres in length and backed with a promenade for most of its length.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

North Tyneside, Tyne & Wear, North Tyneside 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 six combined sewer overflows which could discharge to the bathing beach.. These overflows are designed such that they will not operate unless the rainfall is greater than a 1 in 5 year storm return. More frequent overflows will occur via the offshore CSO outfall from the Brierdene tunnel but this is located so that discharges from it do not affect the bathing water.