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Aberdyfi Rural
Gwynedd
We do not read the water company's overflow data here yet, so storm overflows within 3 km of Aberdyfi Rural are not shown.
The cleanest samples over the last four seasons. Heavy rain can lower water quality here.
- Latest E. coli
- <10
- per 100 ml, 8 Sep 2026
- Latest enterococci
- 18
- per 100 ml
- Overflows within 3 km
- -
- Spills nearby, 30 days
- -
- Excellent or Good
- Sufficient
- Poor
- Overflow discharging
- Overflow
- Offline
About this beach
Located on the coast of Gwynedd within Snowdonia National Park, this west‑facing beach stretches for two kilometres between Tywyn and Aberdyfi. The surrounding coastal waters are internationally recognised for their environmental importance, forming part of a Ramsar site as well as the Dyfi Estuary Special Protection Area, the Lleyn Peninsula and Sarnau Special Area of Conservation, and the Dyfi Site of Special Scientific Interest. Water quality is monitored at a sampling point located one kilometre west of the cemetery.
From the Natural Resources Wales profile.
Storm overflows within 3 km
Nearest first, straight-line distance.We do not read the water company's overflow data here yet, so overflows within 3 km are not shown.