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Dave Smethurst
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Ardwell Bay Ardwell Bay beach is a beach in Dumfries and Galloway.
Richard Webb
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Pease Bay
Penny Mayes
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Plymouth Hoe West Beach
William Pugh
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Tywyn Beach
John Myers
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Thorney Bay
Trevor Rickard 
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Criccieth Beach Criccieth Beach is located 400 meters east of Criccieth in the county of Gwynedd.
Phil Thirkell
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Tynemouth Short Sands
Anthony Eden
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Kingsdown Beach
Donald MacDonald
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Balfours Bay, Traigh Ghael Traigh Ghael is a charming stretch of sand that sits nestled amid the striking pink granite rocks of Ross of Mull on ...
Tim Elliott
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Southsea West Beach
Geoff Welding
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Porth Porth Beach, located between Lusty Glaze and Watergate Bay beaches in Cornwall, is a picturesque cove that faces west...
Eric Jones
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Trefor Beach
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
james denham
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Dunbar East Beach
Thomas Nugent
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Gourock West Bay
P stephenson
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Silloth Beach
Richard Webb
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Gosford Sands
Johnny Durnan
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Largs Pencil Beach
Kate Jewell
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Little Fistral Beach Located to the north of the renowned Fistral Beach of Newquay, lies the picturesque Little Fistral beach. Accessible ...
Rod Allday
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Mexico Towan Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.