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Steve Daniels 
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Plas Menai Beach
Richard Webb
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Strathy Bay
M J Richardson
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Broad Sands Broad Sands is situated about 2 kilometers west of North Berwick.
Ian Cardinal 
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Old Colwyn Beach
Keith Burns
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Peffersands
John Firth
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Douglas Central Beach
Barry Pearce
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Polstreath Beach Polstreath Beach is 800 meters north east of Mevagissey in the county of Cornwall.
Ian Paterson 
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Splash Point
Nicholas Mutton
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Padstow Beach
Gerald England
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Paignton Sands
David Dixon 
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Southport Southport is a sandy beach located at the northern end of the Sefton coastline. It has a very shallow gradient with ...
Brenda Kock 
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Felpham The bathing water is situated on the south coast in West Sussex, adjacent to the town of Felpham. The bathing water i...
Christine Matthews 
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Seaview Beach The beach boasts a sizeable stretch of sand, ideal for outdoor activities when the tide is low. The water is relative...
Tom Pennington
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Watergate Bay Watergate Bay is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a rural sandy beach approximately one kilometre wide, backed b...
Mike Pennington
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Tresta Sands
E Gammie 
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Hampton Pier West Beach
Clive Perrin
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Clevedon Beach Clevedon Beach is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and pebble beach, approximately...
Peter Evans 
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Rhossili Bay
Sarah Charlesworth
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Sidmouth Town Beach
DS Pugh
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Harlech Beach
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Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.