The quality of bathing water at beaches across Tayside and Fife has been revealed.
The latest figures released by Sepa show a record number of Scotland’s bathing waters meet the highest standards.
The environment agency carries out surveys at coastal spots across the country each year.
Many in Tayside and Fife have been praised for having the highest standards of bathing water – but two sites have been deemed “poor”.
Several local spots have improved in rating in comparison with last year’s survey.
However, others have seen ratings downgraded in the last 12 months.
Full list of bathing standards at beaches in Tayside and Fife for 2024/25
Dundee and Angus
- Arbroath (West Links): Good
- Broughty Ferry: Excellent
- Carnoustie: Excellent – upgraded from good
- Lunan Bay: Excellent
- Monifieth: Excellent – upgraded from good
- Montrose: Excellent
Fife
- Aberdour (Silver Sands): Excellent
- Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands): Excellent – upgraded from good
- Anstruther (Billow Ness): Excellent
- Burntisland: Good
- Crail (Roome Bay): Excellent
- Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry: Excellent
- Elie (Ruby Bay): Excellent
- Kinghorn (Harbour Beach): Poor
- Kinghorn (Pettycur): Good – downgraded from excellent
- Kingsbarns: Excellent
- Kirkcaldy (Seafield): Excellent
- Leven: Good – upgraded from sufficient
- Lower Largo: Poor
- St Andrews (East Sands): Excellent
- St Andrews (West Sands): Good – downgraded from excellent
Bathing water classifications are calculated at the end of the bathing season and applied to each bathing water for the duration of the following season.
They are worked out using data from the four previous years.
Agricultural run-off and bacteria from dog fouling and gulls can be factors in causing water to be determined as poor quality.
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