Swimming spots near Dunbar
18 swimming spots within 30 km of Dunbar, 18 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Nearest first — the closest is Dunbar (East), about 0 km away.
2 carrying a caution. 16 with no current pollution alert. 9 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Dunbar (East)0.3 km from DunbarCaution
- Dunbar (Belhaven)2.4 km from DunbarGood to go
- Whitesands3.6 km from DunbarGood to go
- Thorntonloch8.7 km from DunbarGood to go
- Seacliff9.3 km from DunbarGood to go
- North Berwick (Milsey Bay)13.3 km from DunbarGood to go
- Pease Bay13.7 km from DunbarGood to go
- North Berwick (West)14.3 km from DunbarGood to go
- Broad Sands16.9 km from DunbarGood to go
- Yellow Craig17.9 km from DunbarCaution
- Gullane20.8 km from DunbarGood to go
- Longniddry24.3 km from DunbarGood to go
- Seton Sands25.3 km from DunbarGood to go
- Anstruther (Billow Ness)26.7 km from DunbarGood to go
- Coldingham26.8 km from DunbarGood to go
- Elie (Ruby Bay)27.6 km from DunbarGood to go
- Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry28.2 km from DunbarGood to go
- Crail (Roome Bay)29.5 km from DunbarGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Dunbar?
- 18 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Dunbar, spread across 1 area. 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 Dunbar?
- Dunbar (East) in Scotland, about 0 km away. It is the closest of the 18 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 Dunbar?
- 18 of these 18 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. 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 Dunbar have the best water quality?
- 9 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 Dunbar right now?
- 2 of the 18 are currently flagged, and 16 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.