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Can I swim at Skipsea?

East Riding of Yorkshire, England · Coastal

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Photograph near Skipsea by Phil Williams
Photograph near Skipsea by Phil Williams · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Closed (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
3 (nearest 2.5km)

Skipsea was rated Closed for 2025. 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.

The Environment Agency issues a pollution risk forecast for this beach every morning during the bathing season, and the water company publishes the status of its storm overflows every few minutes.

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Skipsea's official page at the Environment Agency · 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.