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Florian Pépellin
Photo: Florian Pépellin CC BY-SA 4.0
Greve de Lecq Beach
Chris Gunns
Photo: Chris Gunns CC BY-SA 2.0
Saint\'s Bay
Philip Halling 
Photo: Philip Halling  CC BY-SA 2.0
Teignmouth Holcombe Teignmouth Holcombe is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy cove, approximately 650 metres wide, backed by clif...
JHannanBriggs 
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Reighton Beach Reighton Beach is in North Yorkshire, 16 kilometers south east of Scarborough.
Shirley Grant
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Traigh Bhan Na Sgurra or Scoor The Gaelic name "Rocky White Beach" perfectly describes the picturesque Scoor beach located on the southern coast of ...
Steve Daniels 
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Fistral North Fistral North bathing water lies within Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sandy beach resort, appro...
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sidmouth Town Beach
Chris Court
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Stevenston Beach
Linda Bailey
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Ogmore Slip Beach
Derek Harper 
Photo: Derek Harper  CC BY-SA 2.0
Wringcliff Beach
RichTea
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St. Just Priests Cove
Peter Levy
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Burnham Yacht Club Beach Burnham Yacht Club Beach is approximately 1 kilometers south of Burnham-on-Sea.
Simon Carey
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Saltdean Saltdean is a village suburb to the east of Brighton, on the Sussex coast of the English Channel. Between the groynes...
Eric Jones 
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Afon Wen Beach Afon Wen Beach is approximately 2 kilometers south east of Chwilog.
David Hawgood
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Formby Lifeboat Road Beach
Lewis Clarke
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Putsborough Putsborough is south of Woolacombe on the north coast of Devon. It is a large sandy beach resort, approximately 780 m...
Andrew King 
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Penzance Mounts Bay
Simon Carey
Photo: Simon Carey CC BY-SA 2.0
Ryde Ryde Beach is a long, straight sandy resort to the north of Ryde Town Centre on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wi...
Pam Goodey
Photo: Pam Goodey CC BY-SA 2.0
East Quantoxhead Beach
Derek Harper
Photo: Derek Harper CC BY-SA 2.0
Beacon Cove Beacon Cove beach lies in Torbay, 900 meters south of Torquay.
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.