Withernsea

12.6°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 1 - Excellent 12.6°C

Withernsea Beach is a long sandy resort beach on the east Yorkshire coast. It is one kilometre in length. Behind the beach lies the seafront promenade and the town of Withernsea.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

East Riding of Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorks

Season

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

Water Quality

Excellent (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

Bathing water quality may sometimes be affected by storm, emergency and surface water outfalls. Storm overflows may operate during and after heavy rainfall when the sewer system becomes overwhelmed by the amount of surface water entering it. The overflows prevent sewage from backing up pipes and flooding properties.

There are two outfalls within the bathing water area at Withernsea; an emergency overflow in close proximity to the bathing water monitoring point and a storm overflow at the southern end of the bathing water area. The operation of these storm overflows may sometimes result in reduced bathing water quality. The emergency overflow next to the bathing water monitoring point has been designed to operate only under severe weather conditions or when there are problems on the sewerage network system.

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/