Clevedon Marine Lake will close this week as huge spring tides expected

Swimmers will not be able to enter Clevedon Marine Lake for two days this week.

Workers plan to drain and refill the water between Wednesday and Thursday following dozens of visitors during the half-term heatwave.

And people have been warned once they are allowed back in the water, from 9am on Friday, that huge spring tides of 12.6m will overtop the outer wall at certain times.

During overtops, the lake becomes part of the Severn Estuary and the seawall is no longer visible.

People have been urged not to enter the lake during high tides, and allow at least one hour before swimming.

When are the high tides?

OVERTOPS	First high tide	Second high tide
Friday 5th June	7.20am	7.47pm
Saturday 6th June	8.08am	8.33pm
Sunday 7th June	8.54am	9.17pm
Monday 8th June	9.37am	10.00pm

More advice for visitors

1. Take all rubbish home.
2. Use the public toilets behind the arcade.
3. Barbecue on the beach not by the lake.
4. Respect social distancing on the promenade using the yellow spray lines to stay 2m apart.
5. Stay off the pontoon (blue island in the middle of the lake) as it is too small to support social distancing.