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Newquay has ten designated bathing waters. This new tool shows, live, whether a monitored storm overflow is spilling near each beach right now — read from South West Water's near-real-time feed — next to the Environment Agency's official rating for how clean each beach's water is normally. It's honest about its limits. A quiet overflow isn't an all-clear: it's one source of pollution, not the whole picture, and it's never a judgement that the water is safe. After heavy rain the advice is to stay out of the water for a day or two, whatever the page shows. For the fullest picture it links Surfers Against Sewage and the EA's own beach profiles.

A new tool shows where Newquay's main buses are right now — how far each one is from the bus station and which way it is heading, in plain words. It follows the Truro routes (85, 87, 91 and 93), the coast road to Padstow and the airport (56), with the Atlantic Coast Line train to Par alongside. The live positions come from the Bus Open Data Service. The page says plainly that the listed frequencies are the scheduled service, not a countdown, and that Cornwall's bus network is being revised from 26 July 2026.

Pick how long you're staying and see which town car park is cheapest today, cheapest first. It uses each operator's own tariff and shows the right rate for the season — summer or the cheaper winter prices, including free winter parking at South Fistral.

Wave size, swell and whether the wind is offshore for Fistral, the town beaches, Porth, Watergate Bay and Crantock — from open weather models, refreshed through the day, with an honest line on what model forecasts can and can't tell you. The most-asked-for tool in Newquay since we arrived.

Newquay joins with three tools built from a first research pass: a nine-beach guide (with 2026 RNLI dates, the beach-by-beach dog rules, and the Whipsiderry closure), straight answers to common questions (the booked-only tip, the Minor Injury Unit's Wednesday closure, the honest NHS-dentist situation), and a who-to-call card grouped by what you need — including foodbank sessions and the housing options line. Everything time-sensitive carries the date we checked it.