From Whitby to Bournemouth, British beaches log about 271 recreational visits per year, with up to 40 million dips into the ocean. But maybe not this year. Things are a little smelly and pathogen-laden at the moment, what with a monumental sea sewage scandal. And everybody seems to be blaming somebody else. Disappointed bathers faced more than 40 pollution warnings at favorite swimming spots in England and Wales last week.