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October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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.
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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.’
October 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Rainfall data for Ditchling Road, Brighton, showed 28mm of rain 17:45 19 Oct to 17:45 20 Oct. Hove had a 4h33 release from Shoreham No1 outfall (a few km offshore).

Brighton Kemptown, Rottingdean, and Saltdean had a 7h01 release from the Brighton Portobello No2 outfall (a few km offshore).
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
21 Oct:
With all the rain and outfall alerts from Southern Water, we managed to collect three samples at low tide yesterday between 17:25-17:45 (20th October).

King Alfred SRO, Hove = 1,824 cfu / 100mL E.coli

Rottingdean = 339 cfu / 100mL E.coli

Saltdean = 156 cfu / 100mL E.coli
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
October 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
B+H SeaCheck event
📅 16 October 2025
🕔 17:30-19:30
📍 Brighton Sailing Club

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We made a little video to show how to reach the Brighton Sailing Club for our event on the 16th of October

Entry is free but please bring your card for bar drinks and snacks.
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Post 21 Sept 2025:

🔔 The EA has updated a few of their test results, most recently on 9th September. The table shows the most recent findings for E.coli and Intestinal Enterococci in cfu/100mL.

📆 Also a reminder to Save the Date for our upcoming event on 16th October at the Brighton Sailing Club.
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM