Excellent · 2025
Out of season
No spills reported nearby in the last 48 hours
The cleanest samples over the last four seasons.
Overflow monitor data is out of date, so the spill status describes the data as it was, not now.
- Latest E. coli
- <10
- per 100 ml, 18 Sep 2026
- Latest enterococci
- <10
- per 100 ml
- Overflows within 3 km
- 12 1 offline
- Spills nearby, 30 days
- 2
- Excellent or Good
- Sufficient
- Poor
- Overflow discharging
- Overflow
- Offline
About this beach
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.
From the Environment Agency profile.
Storm overflows within 3 km
Nearest first, straight-line distance.| Monitor | Distance | Status | Last spill | Spills, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWL00198(1) North Sea | 1.5 km | Not discharging | 1 week ago | 1 |
| NWL00108 Brierdene Burn | 2.7 km | Not discharging | 1 week ago | 1 |
| NWL01467 North Sea | 0.1 km | Not discharging | 3 years ago | 0 |
| NWL00963 North Sea | 0.5 km | Monitor offline | 1 month ago | 0 |
| NWL00460 North Sea | 0.7 km | Not discharging | 2 years ago | 0 |
| NWL00461 North Sea | 0.7 km | Not discharging | 1 year ago | 0 |
| NWL01028 North Sea | 0.7 km | Not discharging | 2 years ago | 0 |
| NWL00896 North Sea | 1.2 km | Not discharging | 1 year ago | 0 |
| NWL00198(2) North Sea | 1.5 km | Not discharging | 5 months ago | 0 |
| NWL00198(3) North Sea | 1.5 km | Not discharging | 1 month ago | 0 |
| NWL00211 North Sea | 1.6 km | Not discharging | 2 years ago | 0 |
| NWL00964 North Sea | 2.1 km | Not discharging | 1 year ago | 0 |
10 more monitors nearby had no spill in the last 30 days.