If you know sewage has been discharged in the area, then keep away. The irony is that this statement surely holds good for most of the UK coastline. So too, do holidaymakers at Easter. SAS believes that the use of ultra-violet treatment by water authorities could make the sea as much as 50 times cleaner. The method has already been adopted in parts of Cornwall, resulting in tangible improvements.
Most divers share a love of the outdoors and the oceans.
But there is no need for us to put our health at risk in pursuit of our sport. If any mainstream sports such as golf or football carried the risk of infection from E.coli, ME, hepatitis or meningitis, there would be an outcry. Divers have traditionally been a fairly mute crowd. For the sake of our health, perhaps now is the time to mobilise Divers Against Sewage.