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Can I swim at Watch House Bay?
the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · Coastal
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Where it is, and what discharges near it
About this bathing water
- Rating for last season
- Poor (2025)
- Water
- Coastal
- Area
- the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Monitored outfalls within 5km
- 34 (nearest 0.3km)
- Affected by heavy rain
- Yes, per the regulator
Watch House Bay 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.
Natural Resources Wales issues a daily pollution risk forecast during the bathing season, and Dŵr Cymru publishes live storm overflow status.
The regulator records this as a bathing water whose quality can be affected by heavy rain, which is why rainfall in the last 24 hours is shown above.
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Check the official source
Watch House Bay's official page at Natural Resources Wales · 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.