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Can I swim at Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove)?

Conwy, Wales · Coastal

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Good (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
Conwy, Wales
Monitored outfalls within 5km
16 (nearest 0.8km)
Affected by heavy rain
Yes, per the regulator

Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove) was rated Good for 2025 — the second of the four grades in the Bathing Water Regulations. 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.

Other beaches nearby

Marine Lake, RhylDenbighshire, Wales · 1.7 km awayRhyl CentralDenbighshire, Wales · 2.3 km awayRhyl EastDenbighshire, Wales · 2.8 km awayAbergele (Pensarn)Conwy, Wales · 4.5 km awayPrestatyn CentralDenbighshire, Wales · 8.0 km awayColwyn Bay Porth EiriasConwy, Wales · 13.0 km away

Check the official source

Kinmel Bay (Sandy Cove)'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.