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Mothecombe — Bathing Water Quality 2025
What is the bathing water quality at Mothecombe?
Mothecombe (South Hams) is classified Good for the 2025 bathing season, with a Gera Bathing Water Score of 85/100 based on 6 assessed seasons. Source: Environment Agency Bathing Water Quality API (OGL v3.0). Gera re-dates this annually.
2025 classification
Good
EA rBWD annual rating
GBWS
85 / 100
6 seasons
Water type
Coastal
South Hams
Classification history
| Season | Classification | Pass/Fail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Good | Pass |
| 2024 | Good | Pass |
| 2023 | Good | Pass |
| 2022 | Good | Pass |
| 2021 | Good | Pass |
| 2019 | Good | Pass |
2020 excluded (COVID-19 cancelled the bathing season). Source: EA BWQ API.
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Mothecombe — FAQ
- Is Mothecombe safe to swim?
- Mothecombe is rated Good for the 2025 bathing season — the second highest EA rBWD classification, indicating consistently good water quality. It is safe to swim under normal conditions. Always check the EA for real-time advisories after heavy rainfall.
- What does Good classification mean?
- Good is the second-highest EA rBWD classification. The site meets high water quality standards but may have occasional minor exceedances. Safe for swimming under normal conditions.
- What is the Gera Bathing Water Score?
- The Gera Bathing Water Score (GBWS) combines two components from Environment Agency rBWD annual compliance classifications (key-free open data, OGL v3.0): (1) latest classification score (Excellent=100, Good=75, Sufficient=50, Poor=25), weighted 0.6; and (2) pass-rate across every assessed season available for the site (up to six: 2019, 2021–2025; the proportion rated Sufficient or above), weighted 0.4. Formula: GBWS = round(0.6 × latest_score + 0.4 × pass_rate × 100). Sites with fewer than 3 assessed seasons are shown as 'insufficient data'. The 2020 bathing season was cancelled due to COVID-19 and is excluded. LA-level scores are the mean GBWS of all sites within the LA that have sufficient data. Source: EA BWQ API, seasons 2019, 2021–2025.
- Who monitors Mothecombe?
- Mothecombe is a designated bathing water in South Hams, monitored by the Environment Agency. It is an inland bathing water. The EA takes regular water samples during the bathing season (May–September) and publishes weekly results at environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/. The annual classification is published after the season closes.
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Other bathing waters in South Hams
- Bantham— Excellent (GBWS 100)
- Bigbury-on-Sea North— Excellent (GBWS 100)
- Bigbury-on-Sea South— Excellent (GBWS 100)
- Blackpool Sands— Excellent (GBWS 100)
- Bovisand— Excellent (GBWS 100)
Contains public sector information published by Environment Agency and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Environment Agency — Bathing Water Quality API (bathing season 2025 (latest completed season), published 2026 (annual publication)).