Official profile first, then live environmental context
Freshness gate: modelled weather older than 3 hours and gauge readings older than 6 hours are treated as unavailable. Timestamps that cannot be parsed or sit more than 15 minutes in the future are rejected, not labelled live.
Inspect source and failure boundaries
Water-quality classifications, sample history and pollution-risk warnings are deliberately not copied from an unverified nearest-point feed. Use the exact Environment Agency profile above.
Do not combine these into a safety score. The official profile, modelled air weather, any nearby gauge and on-site observations answer different questions. A complete response means only that the requested remote sources returned—not that conditions are safe.
Locate the designated monitoring point
The marker is the Environment Agency record coordinate used by this page. It is not an entry point, access instruction or route. Check land-manager information and what is physically present before approaching the water.
For West Wittering, the marker identifies West Wittering (ukj2403-16100) at 50.7765, -0.9121. The register names Chichester District Council for this coast record in Chichester. The additional local source reviewed for this page is Chichester District Council water-quality route; open it below before turning the record point into a travel plan.
Open this record point in OpenStreetMap →Open the identified official record before travelling
This place check is tied to West Wittering, identifier ukj2403-16100. The Environment Agency profile is the verification route for the annual classification, sample history and any available pollution-risk warning. Those values are not copied from a nearby-point feed.
- Responsible local authority
- Chichester District Council
- Coordinate basis
- Environment Agency designated record point, not an entry instruction
- Designation register check
- 13 August 2026
What a second, place-specific source changes
Chichester District Council water-quality route
- What the source establishes
- The council distinguishes its three designated beaches from wider Chichester Harbour monitoring and points visitors to Environment Agency sampling for current bathing-water evidence.
- How it changes this check
- Use the West Wittering profile for water-quality status, then separately check harbour, tide and on-site zoning information for the intended part of the beach.
- What remains unresolved
- The council page does not establish a safe line through harbour channels or confirm the day’s patrol area. Keep those questions open until current notices, flags and qualified local advice answer them.
Place-specific verification sequence
- 01Open the exact West Wittering profile and note whether it carries a current pollution-risk warning. Do not use a Chichester Harbour sample or another district beach as a replacement.
- 02Set a proposed entry and exit time, then compare it with current tide information and harbour notices. Record the source time as well as the predicted state; a screenshot without a date is not reviewable.
- 03On arrival, locate the current swimming flags or ask the responsible team where the harbour channel boundary lies. If the answer is absent or ambiguous, remove that area from the plan rather than estimating it visually.
Place-specific evidence questions
This file keeps the exact West Wittering record (ukj2403-16100) separate from same-day observations. Its annual designation evidence is not a current access statement or a safety decision.
- 01Does the official profile show a current pollution-risk warning for this designated water?
- 02Will the planned time and location keep the swim clear of harbour channels and changing tidal flow?
Questions to verify—not confirmed local facts
These prompts are deliberately not presented as sourced, current conditions at this place. Resolve each one with the land manager, lifeguard, local authority, current signs or direct observation. Prompt set reviewed 13 August 2026; review date is not evidence that a prompt is true.
Unverified editorial prompt. Do not treat it as a current local warning, access fact or evidence that the condition is present.
Unverified editorial prompt. Do not treat it as a current local warning, access fact or evidence that the condition is present.
Unverified editorial prompt. Do not treat it as a current local warning, access fact or evidence that the condition is present.
Complete the physical check
- Official pollution-risk warningUnverified until you record it
- Tide and daylight windowUnverified until you record it
- Wind direction and gustsUnverified until you record it
- Lifeguard and flag informationUnverified until you record it
- Access and permissionWhich access point, if any, is currently authorised, and which current land-manager, operator or local-authority notice confirms it?
- Water appearance, odour and debrisLeave if anything is concerning
- Entry, exit and emergency escapeConfirm before entering