Seaham Beach

Generally good samples over the last four seasons. ? Each designated bathing water is classified every year as Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor, from the last four seasons of Environment Agency samples. It describes those samples, not the water on any one day. Heavy rain can lower water quality here. ? In the bathing season (15 May to 30 September) the Environment Agency forecasts each day whether rain, wind or tide make short-term pollution more likely at sites where that happens. Increased means the risk is higher than usual today.

Overflow monitor data is out of date, so the spill status describes the data as it was, not now. ? The feed behind this figure has not updated for over six hours. The number shown is the last one received, not the current state.

Latest E. coli ? Environment Agency samplers test the water about weekly in the season for two bacteria from sewage and animal waste: E. coli and intestinal enterococci, counted per 100 ml. Lower is better. A "<" means below the lowest level the test can measure.

<10

per 100 ml, 22 Sep 2026

Latest enterococci

<10

per 100 ml

Overflows within 3 km ? The sea and lakes have no upstream, so we list every storm overflow monitor within 3 km of the beach, the lake or one of its bathing sites, by straight-line distance. Overflows further away, or up rivers that flow in, can still affect the water.

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Spills nearby, 30 days

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