woody12a
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Swim in the Sea
- Thread starter Dick Knights Mumm
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Yes, very interested !
Phat Baz 68
Get a ****ing life mate !
- Apr 16, 2011
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And catch a mouth full of solid Frenchmans dinner !!!! Mmmmmm mmmmmm !!! 
Mental Lental
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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 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
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- Jul 10, 2009
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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
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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
Take me Home Falmer Road
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Interesting. It feels like it. But just as a warning - it is not what you would describe as warm.
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
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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
Take me Home Falmer Road
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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
strong and stable with me, or...
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
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
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- Jun 4, 2013
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Don't you just love global warming ; )
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
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Well, as the saying goes "it is an ill wind ............."
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
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- Jul 10, 2009
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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
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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Yep, it's flipping lovely, wish I had time to go in the morning before work.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
Went in in early May, now can't get out of it.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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You must look like a prune.
Monkey Man
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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.