Whitley Bay parkrun
Today Saturday 19, 9am on The Links. Saturday only — no Sunday parkrun. Saturday 12 is PAST.
Beach · Saturday 19 Sep
Sunny intervals, 18°C.
No live NT coastal bathing-water CSO. EDM Status=1 count=2 network-wide (~08:08 BST, Saturday 19): NWL01003 River Wear Estuary (~07:38 BST) and NWL00995 Tributary of Cockmere Burn (~07:48 BST). Both are not North Tyneside coastal bathing waters. Bathing alert=false. Tuesday’s inland NWL01520 Ogle Letch has cleared. Sunday’s River Tyne Quayside (NWL01125) and inland Chester Burn (NWL01024) have cleared. Saturday’s Tees, Belford Burn and Cong Burn have cleared. Sunny intervals, max 18°C, rain 40% at 8am, max gust 34mph. Sea 14.5°C as of Saturday 19 September. Cullercoats is still Poor (2025). Sunday stamp 20260913-084059 expired at 08:29 Monday 14. No newer stamp. EA JSON still 403. Do not treat the expired Cullercoats increased / advice-against-bathing as live. Beach Aware overflow icons not claimed. No live increased STP and no live STP advice against bathing. North Tyneside Council’s Cullercoats page still carries annual Poor “bathing is not advised” wording — classification advice, not a live stamp. Sunday 20: max 18°C, sunny, rain <5%, max gust 33mph. Monday 21: max 20°C, sunny intervals, rain 40% at 6am, max gust 22mph. Indoor cover: Spanish City. Jam Jar is closed Mondays.
Last updated 19 September 2026
Network EDM
Status=1 · 2Wear Estuary + Cockmere tributary. No NT coastal bathing CSO.
Cullercoats
PoorPoor (2025). No live increased STP.
Whitley Bay
ExcellentBathing water.
Longsands
14.5°CWetsuit water.
North Pier
ShutChronicle, 25 Aug.
Cullercoats water Whitley Bay water Cullercoats vs Whitley Metro to the sand Travel
Saturday 19 September: max 18°C, sunny intervals, rain 40% at 8am, max gust 34mph. Sunday 20: max 18°C, sunny, rain <5%, max gust 33mph. Monday 21: max 20°C, sunny intervals, rain 40% at 6am, max gust 22mph. Indoor cover: Spanish City under the dome. Jam Jar is closed Mondays. Source: Met Office Whitley Bay, updated 5:59am Saturday 19.
No live NT coastal Status=1 CSO. EDM Status=1 count=2 network-wide (~08:08 BST, Saturday 19): NWL01003 River Wear Estuary (~07:38 BST) and NWL00995 Tributary of Cockmere Burn (~07:48 BST). Tuesday’s inland NWL01520 Ogle Letch has cleared. Sunday’s River Tyne Quayside (NWL01125) and inland Chester Burn (NWL01024) have cleared. Those overflows were not a North Tyneside bathing-water spill. Saturday’s Tees, Belford Burn and Cong Burn have cleared. No NT coastal CSO / no bathing-water spill on Whitley, Cullercoats, Tynemouth or Shields. Cullercoats is still classed Poor (2025). Sunday stamp 20260913-084059 expired at 08:29 Monday 14. No newer stamp. EA JSON still 403. Do not treat the expired Cullercoats increased / advice-against-bathing as live. Do not treat the expired stamp as live increased risk. Lead is no NT coastal CSO; EDM Status=1=2 inland/Wear; bathing alert=false — Beach Aware overflow icons not claimed. Council Cullercoats page still carries annual Poor “bathing is not advised” wording — not a live STP stamp. Whitley Bay Excellent. Longsands North and South and King Edward’s are Excellent. Blue Flags 2026: King Edward’s, Longsands and Whitley Bay. Cullercoats is not Blue Flag. Longsands sea 14.5°C as of Saturday 19 September. Sources: Northumbrian Water Beach Aware, Northumbrian Water EDM, EA Cullercoats.
Saturday 19 tides: Low 03:10 2.03 m · High 09:38 3.72 m · Low 15:38 2.31 m · High 22:04 3.68 m. Crossing times: North Tyneside Council. Tide source: Tide-Forecast North Shields. Sea temp: Surf-Forecast Longsands sea temp, issued 12am Saturday 19.
Beaches
Cullercoats Bay
Still classed Poor (2025). No live increased STP — Sunday stamp 20260913-084059 expired 08:29 Monday 14. No newer stamp. EA JSON still 403. Lead is no NT coastal bathing-water CSO; network EDM Status=1 count=2 (Wear Estuary + Cockmere Burn tributary); bathing alert=false — Beach Aware overflow icons not claimed. Council page still says bathing is not advised as annual Poor advice, not a live STP stamp. No NT coastal CSO / no bathing-water spill. Tuesday’s inland NWL01520 Ogle Letch has cleared. Sunday’s Tyne Quayside and inland Chester Burn have cleared.
Tynemouth Longsands
14.5°C as of Saturday 19 September. Wetsuit water. Sunny intervals, max 18°C, rain 40% at 8am, max gust 34mph. Saturday tides: Low 03:10 2.03 m · High 09:38 3.72 m · Low 15:38 2.31 m · High 22:04 3.68 m.
Yellow line to the sand
Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields. Live Saturday 19: Green and Yellow Lines may be busier; Green Line gap Haymarket–South Hylton. Regent Centre is Monday–Thursday only — not tonight. Next block Monday 21–Thursday 24. Tyne Bridge night diversions Monday 21–Saturday 26 ahead. Silverlink North 30 September–5 October ahead. Shields Ferry standing only.