Estuary creeks, shingle spits and gentle North Sea beaches from Mersea to Southwold. Hattie tracks 44 wild-swim spots across Suffolk & Essex — 43 sea spots and 1 river — each with a live verdict before you get in.
Every Suffolk & Essex spot draws on the official feeds Hattie checks through the day: storm-overflow (sewage) reports straight from the water companies, the regulator's bathing-water classifications, river levels, tides, wind and rainfall. Tap any spot for the live picture, the data behind it, and what other swimmers have reported.
Swim spots in Suffolk & Essex
- Arcady Bay
- Borrow Pit Bay
- Brightlingsea
- Brooklands Beach
- Clacton
- Clacton-On-Sea
- Connaught Bay
- Dovercourt
- East Point Beach
- Felixstowe North
- Felixstowe South
- Friars Meadow, River Stour
- Frinton
- Gunton Sands
- Holland
- Jaywick
- Jaywick Sands Beach
- Leigh Bell Wharf
- Lowestoft (North of Claremont Pier)
- Lowestoft (South of Claremont Pier)
- Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary
- Martello Bay
- Mill Beach
- Orford Beach
- River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield
- Shoebury East
- Shoeburyness
- Southend Chalkwell
- Southend Jubilee
- Southend Thorpe Bay
- Southend Westcliff Bay
- Southend-On-Sea
- Southwold The Denes
- Southwold The Pier
- Sparrow Bay
- St Osyth Naturist Beach
- St Paul's Bay
- Star Point Bay
- Thorney Bay Beach
- Trimley Shores
- Walton
- West Beach
- West Mersea
- Weymarks Beach