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Can I swim at Fisherrow Sands?

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Photograph near Fisherrow Sands by Jim Barton
Photograph near Fisherrow Sands by Jim Barton · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Poor (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
Scotland
Monitored outfalls within 5km
22 (nearest 0.5km)

Fisherrow Sands was rated Poor for 2025 — below the minimum standard, based on samples taken across recent seasons. That grade comes from bacterial samples taken over several seasons, so it describes the beach's record rather than the water on any given day.

SEPA publishes a daily water quality prediction for 30 of Scotland's 90 bathing waters during the season, and Scottish Water publishes overflow status hourly.

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Fisherrow Sands's official page at SEPA · See it on a map

This page is not official. It reads published data and presents it plainly; if a sign at the beach says otherwise, believe the sign.