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Eric Jones
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Newcastle Beach
Maigheachgheal 
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Traeth Gwyn New Quay Beach
Kate Jewell
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Mick Heraty
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Patch Beach
Andrew Curtis
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Dalton Burn Beach
Jeff Tomlinson
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Blyth South Beach Blyth South Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach at the southern end of the Northumberland coast. The designa...
Reading Tom from Reading UK
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Point of Ayr Beach
Chris Allen 
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Teignmouth Back Beach
Sue Adair
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Meols Beach
M J Richardson 
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Yellowcraig Beach
Nigel Chadwick
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Broadstairs Stone Bay Broadstairs Stone Bay beach is approximately 900 meters north of Broadstairs.
Andrew Curtis
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Ryhope Beach
Dannie Calder
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Barassie Beach Barassie Beach is situated in the county of South Ayrshire, 1 kilometers north of Troon.
Derek Harper
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Shaldon Beach
Nilfanion
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Readymoney Beach Readymoney Beach is located in Cornwall 900 meters south of Fowey.
andrew auger
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Bowleaze Cove Bowleaze Cove is just east Weymouth on the Dorset coast. It is a sand and pebble beach resort, approximately one kilo...
Mike Pennington
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Ainsdale The bathing water is a resort beach on the Sefton coastline in North West England. Ainsdale beach has a large expanse...
Robin Drayton
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Gorran Haven Vault Beach
Graham Horn
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Stokes Bay The bathing water is a gently shelving beach in Hampshire on the South coast. The beach faces south-west across the S...
Leslie Barrie
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Machrihanish Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.