Limpert Bay
Safety warning
- Power-station cooling-water outlets
- Two large cooling-water outlets from the Aberthaw site discharge into the bay. Keep clear of outfall structures and the water around them. — Local beach guidance
- No lifeguard service
- No lifeguard cover here. The beach is shingle and rock rather than sand. — Local beach guidance
- Not a designated bathing water
- Not monitored under the Bathing Water Directive, so there is no classification, no sampling and no pollution alerting for it. — NRW bathing water register
Not monitored
Limpert Bay is not a designated bathing water, so no water-quality classification, sampling or pollution alerting applies and we cannot tell you anything about the water today. There is no lifeguard service, and two large power-station cooling-water outlets discharge into the bay.
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Sea conditions
Water temperature
17.4°C
Cool — comfortable for a shorter swim
Wave height
0.5 m
Significant wave height offshore; inshore conditions vary.
Tide
Going out
- Low water around UTC
- High water around UTC
Modelled values, not measurements — coastal water often differs from the open-sea model, and tide times are approximate to within about half an hour. Use official tide tables for anything that depends on precise timing.
About this spot
Limpert Bay is a wide shingle-and-rock bay on the Glamorgan coast at Aberthaw, known for its fossils and overlooked by the former power station site.
Common questions
- Can you swim at Limpert Bay right now?
- Limpert Bay is currently marked "Not monitored". Limpert Bay is not a designated bathing water, so no water-quality classification, sampling or pollution alerting applies and we cannot tell you anything about the water today. There is no lifeguard service, and two large power-station cooling-water outlets discharge into the bay. Conditions change quickly — always assess the water yourself before entering.
Get told when this changes
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Nearby swimming spots
See all swimming spots near Bridgend — about 17 km away.