{"id":96568,"date":"2025-03-21T17:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=96568"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:36:30","slug":"penarth-swimmers-navigate-sewage-spills-as-water-quality-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/03\/21\/penarth-swimmers-navigate-sewage-spills-as-water-quality-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"Penarth swimmers navigate sewage spills as water quality declines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bathers use apps and interactive maps to check when it is safe to swim<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PENARTH swimmers are finding ways to avoid dumped sewage following an increase in spills over the last three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Lloyd, of Roath, swims outdoors several times a week, and at least once a week at Penarth beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI kind of structure my day around it. I don\u2019t feel great when I get up because it\u2019s so early, but then just being in the sea, it\u2019s so cold that I can\u2019t think about anything else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday in Cardiff, temperatures reached 18 degrees, the highest so far this year. With summer just around the corner, Cardiffians will be looking for a suitable bathing spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very lucky to have the perfect combination of factors at Penarth where it faces east so you get the sunrise directly across from you,\u201d said Mr Lloyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause of the Bristol Channel being such a massive body of water, moving so much water in and out, you get really weird air patterns. The light diffuses through it in very interesting ways, which is why the sunrises are so intense and vivid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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