Swim in the Sea

[woody12a]

The Bream are in at Selsey if you are interested.

Yes, very interested !

 

[Phat Baz 68]

And catch a mouth full of solid Frenchmans dinner !!!! Mmmmmm mmmmmm !!!

 

[Mental Lental]

This thread piqued my interest as I'll be spending my summer hols in Brighton and will probably take a dip at some point.

I was interested to see that most of the south's blue flag beaches are around Portsmouth and North Kent, with Littlehampton being the only Sussex beach with a blue flag award.

This has got me wondering now as to the cleanliness of Brighton beach.

http://www.blueflag.org/menu/awarded-sites/2013/northern-hemisphere/england

 

[Vegas Seagull]

This thread piqued my interest as I'll be spending my summer hols in Brighton and will probably take a dip at some point.

I was interested to see that most of the south's blue flag beaches are around Portsmouth and North Kent, with Littlehampton being the only Sussex beach with a blue flag award.

This has got me wondering now as to the cleanliness of Brighton beach.

http://www.blueflag.org/menu/awarded-sites/2013/northern-hemisphere/england

Blue Flags are only as good as the time when the measurement is/are taken. Best to make your own judgement should you wish. It is in the day or two after heavy rain storms when overflows spill out to sea that are to be avoided
Calm & sunny days pre swimming are best preferably early evening high tide after the hot pebbles have warmed the leading edge

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Talk to people who swim in the sea year round and many would tell you that Spring/Summer is the least enjoyable. The more you swim in cold water the more you enjoy it (and trust me, I hate the cold a lot more than the next man). Cycling the miles home from a freezing cold sea swim I fly along like I'm on rocket fuel (the endorphin high). Cycling home from Hove beach yesterday was more of a mundane ride. Roll on December.

Respect Cheeky, respect.

Had it been any colder there is no way I could have stayed in longer than a quick dip under the water. I will take it on trust the more you swim in cold water - the more you enjoy it!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Up to 13.4c now at Brighton, higher than ever other time in mid-May for decades..

Interesting. It feels like it. But just as a warning - it is not what you would describe as warm.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Calm & sunny days pre swimming are best preferably early evening high tide after the hot pebbles have warmed the leading edge

Wise words. These are the best of times. And when the evening beach shift take over from the day.

But as you say - just make your own judgement.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Does this thread confirm that the long-standing belief that no local would ever swim in the sea is now and truly dead?

It is cleaner now for sure. But lots of locals have always swum in the sea. Wasn't that just said by people who were not going for a swim anyway ?

 

[Bold Seagull]

This thread piqued my interest as I'll be spending my summer hols in Brighton and will probably take a dip at some point.

I was interested to see that most of the south's blue flag beaches are around Portsmouth and North Kent, with Littlehampton being the only Sussex beach with a blue flag award.

This has got me wondering now as to the cleanliness of Brighton beach.

http://www.blueflag.org/menu/awarded-sites/2013/northern-hemisphere/england

The Blue Flag award is quite an expensive undertaking I believe with various criteria to meet. Its a good status to have, but the absence of a Blue Flag rating is not the absence of excellent water quality, its can just be the absence of not going for the Blue Flag status.

The Marine Conservation Society has recommended beaches with a rating of excellent water quality which both Hove and Brighton achieve, and they test most of the beaches in the UK.

http://www.goodbeachguide.co.uk/how-we-recommend-beaches

 

[Notters]

Warmer? I had a paddle on Saturday and it was far colder than I was expecting. Despite the temp. being 2oC above average for the time of year.

 

[Notters]

This thread piqued my interest as I'll be spending my summer hols in Brighton and will probably take a dip at some point.

I was interested to see that most of the south's blue flag beaches are around Portsmouth and North Kent, with Littlehampton being the only Sussex beach with a blue flag award.

This has got me wondering now as to the cleanliness of Brighton beach.

http://www.blueflag.org/menu/awarded-sites/2013/northern-hemisphere/england

I expect Brighton and Hove will get their blue flags back this year; it was just the crap weather last spring that saw them lose the status.

 

[MarioOrlandi]

Don't you just love global warming ; )

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Don't you just love global warming

Well, as the saying goes "it is an ill wind ............."

 

[jackanada]

Does this thread confirm that the long-standing belief that no local would ever swim in the sea is now and truly dead?

Who had that belief? Really the first I've heard of it. If it was alive do consider it dead. I'm Brighton born and bred - been swimming in the sea since I was three.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Blue Flags are only as good as the time when the measurement is/are taken. Best to make your own judgement should you wish. It is in the day or two after heavy rain storms when overflows spill out to sea that are to be avoided
Calm & sunny days pre swimming are best preferably early evening high tide after the hot pebbles have warmed the leading edge

Just been in & by a good margin was the warmest swim in England in my lifetime. Never before could I stand, waist deep having a chat beforehand for 20 mins
Marvellous

 

[ozseagull]

Went in yesterday. It is indeed very pleasant at the moment.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Yep, it's flipping lovely, wish I had time to go in the morning before work.

 

[Albumen]

Went in in early May, now can't get out of it.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Went in in early May, now can't get out of it.

You must look like a prune.

 

[Monkey Man]

More sea swims already this year than in the last two summers put together. Very pleasant indeed. Take the plunge if you haven't already, or don't normally.