Swimming spots near Aberystwyth
11 swimming spots within 30 km of Aberystwyth, 11 of them designated bathing waters monitored by Natural Resources Wales. Nearest first — the closest is Aberystwyth North, about 0 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 10 with no current pollution alert. 5 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Aberystwyth North0.4 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Aberystwyth South0.7 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Clarach South2.1 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Borth8.7 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Llanrhystud14.0 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Aberdyfi14.3 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Aberdyfi Rural15.3 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Tywyn18.7 km from AberystwythGood to go
- Traeth Gwyn New Quay29.0 km from AberystwythCaution
- New Quay North29.0 km from AberystwythGood to go
- New Quay Harbour29.1 km from AberystwythGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Aberystwyth?
- 11 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Aberystwyth, spread across 2 areas. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Aberystwyth?
- Aberystwyth North in Ceredigion, about 0 km away. It is the closest of the 11 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Aberystwyth?
- 11 of these 11 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from Natural Resources Wales. Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Aberystwyth have the best water quality?
- 5 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Aberystwyth right now?
- 1 of the 11 is currently flagged, and 10 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.