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Whether a storm overflow is spilling near each beach right now — live — plus the official bathing-water rating for how clean the water is normally.
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No spills right now
near the beaches
Newquay has ten designated bathing waters. This shows, live, whether a monitored storm overflow is spilling near each beach right now — read from South West Water's near-real-time feed — alongside the Environment Agency's official rating for how clean each beach's water is normally.
No storm overflow is spilling near the beaches right now
As of Mon 02:49. This shows monitored storm overflows only — not every source of pollution, and never a judgement that the water is safe to go in.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
The main surf beach, on the Atlantic side of the Towan headland.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
One of the town beaches by the harbour.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
East of the harbour, below Porth Island.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
Across the Gannel estuary, southwest of town.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
Northeast of town; the Boardmasters main site in August.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored storm overflow within 2 km
Northeast, past Watergate Bay.
Bathing water 2025
No monitored overflow spilling near here now
Southwest, past Crantock.
After heavy rain
Surfers Against Sewage advise staying out of the water for about 24 to 48 hours after heavy rain — when overflows are most likely to have spilled and the rivers and beaches carry run-off — whatever this page shows.
A quiet overflow is not an all-clear. This is one source of pollution, not the whole picture, and it is not the Environment Agency’s in-season water samples. The classification below rates past years, not today’s water.
Pick a beach and we’ll email you when a monitored overflow starts spilling near it — and again when it stops. Nothing else.
Live spill status: contains South West Water storm overflow data, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Bathing-water ratings: contains Environment Agency data © Environment Agency and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.