This beach is located at the south west tip of the Isle of Anglesey. Access is gained
via a large conifer plantation owned by Forest Enterprise. Offshore sandbanks fringe
the bathing area, which forms a relatively sheltered shallow lagoon. The bay is located
within the Newborough Warren and Llanddwyn Island National Nature Reserve. It is also
within the Anglesey Coast Salt marsh Special Area of Conservation, the Anglesey Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Newborough Warren - Ynys Llanddwyn Site of Special
Scientific Interest. The bathing water sample point is located 420 metres south west
of the main beach entrance.
Streams are typically affected by sewage or industrial run off from further up the
catchment. The bathing water is not influenced by any freshwater inputs, the main
river in the area is the Braint and that enters the Menai Strait south of the beach
and is not known to have any impact on bathing water quality.
Seaweed (macroalgae) and phytoplankton (microscopic algae) are a natural part of the
marine and freshwater environment. Below we note whether these have been recorded
in quantities sufficient to be a nuisance.
