Brighton & Hove Seacheck
@brightonsea.bsky.social
Citizen Science - Brighton & Hove sea swimmers, fishing folk and others campaigning to end sewage pollution and monitor sea water quality. Plse join us!
🌊 Three results 20th Jan 26 1️⃣ Sea Lanes = 12 cfu / 100mL E.coli 2️⃣ Brighton Palace Pier, east side = 82 cfu / 100mL E.coli 3️⃣ King Alfred SRO, Hove = 738 cfu / 100mL E.coli EA rates results ≤ 250 cfu / 100mL E.coli as ‘Excellent’ and ≤ 500 cfu / 100mL as ‘Good.’ #citizenscience #brightonandhove
Beaches were littered with vegetables and debris. As posted by @bhseafrontteam, be careful handling any waste in clean-up efforts; please dispose of waste in the large black bins along the seafront, including produce. #citizenscience #brightonandhove #seaswimming #watersports #seaswim
We were expecting the results to be higher following a day of heavy rain (approximately 11mm). There were no outfall alerts from Southern Water for these local beaches in the previous 48hr period. #citizenscience #brightonandhove #seaswimming #watersports #seaswim
Three results are in (samples 14th January 2026): 1️⃣ Sea Lanes = 299 cfu / 100mL E.coli 2️⃣ Brighton Palace Pier, east side = 137 cfu / 100mL E.coli 3️⃣ King Alfred SRO, Hove ≤ 12 cfu / 100mL E.coli EA rates results ≤ 250 cfu / 100mL E.coli as ‘Excellent.’
🌊 Three results are in. Student volunteer Aoife is back to testing, and collected 3 samples yesterday using her cage/bottle combo. She will also run other tests back at the uni lab. 🧫 #citizenscience #brightonandhove # #seaswimmer #paddleboarding #watertesting #openwaterswim
Brighton & Hove Seacheck@brightonsea.bsky.social · 10mo ago
🌊 Three results are in (samples 16th December 2025): 1️⃣ Sea Lanes ≤ 12 cfu / 100mL E.coli 2️⃣ Brighton Palace Pier, east side = 390 cfu / 100mL E.coli 3️⃣ King Alfred SRO, Hove = 63 cfu / 100mL E.coli EA rates results ≤ 250 cfu / 100mL E.coli as ‘Excellent.’
Post 18 Nov 2025: 🌊 Three results are in (samples 17th November 2025): 1️⃣ Sea Lanes ≤ 11 cfu / 100mL E.coli 2️⃣ Brighton Palace Pier, east side = 652 cfu / 100mL E.coli 3️⃣ King Alfred SRO, Hove = 119 cfu / 100mL E.coli EA rates results ≤ 250 cfu / 100mL E.coli as ‘Excellent.’
Thank you to the 20 ocean activists who came to the second @sascampaigns.bsky.social #millionmileclean of the year. It was a chilly one. We collected 8kg of litter from the beach. Next clean: 16th March, 10am, Banjo Groyne. See you there! #litterpick
Thank you to the the incredible 43 #oceanactivists whom came to @sascampaigns.bsky.social #millionmilebeachclean. 55kg collected at off our beach. Protecting wildlife. #litterpick #beachclean
We are devastated to confirm that bio-bead pollution has reached Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. We're working to assess the damage to the precious saltmarsh habitat and plan the clean-up. Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
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Southern Water’s alert about Hove was clarified, “Our team have reviewed the storm overflow release event 1333704 from SHOREHAM NO1 and have confirmed it as a false alarm.” There was a genuine release on 20 Oct, for 4h33 Shoreham Beach was impacted on 23 Oct for 57 minutes with an outfall at No1.
25 Oct 25: 🌊 Results are in from three samples collected yesterday Brighton Palace Pier, east side = 384 cfu / 100mL E.coli Rottingdean = 137 cfu / 100mL E.coli Saltdean = 203 cfu / 100mL E.coli EA rates results ≤ 250 cfu / 100mL E.coli as ‘Excellent’ and ≤ 500 cfu / 100mL E.coli as ‘Good.’
