Beachgoers at a popular beauty spot in Cornwall were left shocked as a large section of the sea turned brown.
A local surfer captured footage of the incident at the stunning Trevaunance Cove in St Agnes, sharing a clip of the discoloured sea on social media where it quickly went viral. Many feared that it was a result of a sewage spill, after several sewage warnings were issued for the north coast of Cornwall on Sunday.
Environment charity Surfers Against Sewage warned against storm sewage at the location along with several others, releasing a pollution alert which read: "Storm sewage has been discharged from a sewer overflow in this location within the past 48 hours." A South West Water spokesperson also initially blamed storm overflows for the incident, as reported by Cornwall Live.
