Safer Seas & Rivers Service

Ensure your trip to the beach is not currently at risk from any water quality issues. The Safer Seas Service will point you towards beaches with no recent pollution incidents.

Our award-winning, free to use app is the only national real-time water quality service that protects all water users from pollution. The pioneering service alerts water users when sewer overflows discharge untreated human sewage into the sea and when water quality is temporarily reduced due to heavy rainfall and pollution incidents.

Covering over 390 beaches across England, Scotland and Wales, this information empowers you to make an informed decision about how, when and where you use the sea.