Swimming spots near Newquay
44 swimming spots within 30 km of Newquay, 44 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environment Agency (England). Nearest first — the closest is Towan, about 0 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 42 with no current pollution alert. 1 not monitored. 38 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Towan0.2 km from NewquayGood to go
- Great Western0.7 km from NewquayGood to go
- Tolcarne0.9 km from NewquayGood to go
- Fistral North1.1 km from NewquayGood to go
- Fistral South1.2 km from NewquayGood to go
- Lusty Glaze1.7 km from NewquayGood to go
- Porth2.3 km from NewquayGood to go
- Crantock2.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Watergate Bay4.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Holywell Bay4.9 km from NewquayGood to go
- Mawgan Porth7.0 km from NewquayGood to go
- Perranporth Penhale Sands7.6 km from NewquayGood to go
- Perranporth8.7 km from NewquayGood to go
- Porthcothan11.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Trevaunance Cove13.2 km from NewquayGood to go
- Treyarnon Bay13.3 km from NewquayGood to go
- Constantine Bay14.0 km from NewquayGood to go
- Booby's Bay14.6 km from NewquayGood to go
- Mother Ivey`s Bay15.3 km from NewquayGood to go
- Harlyn Bay15.4 km from NewquayGood to go
- Chapel Porth16.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Trevone Bay16.6 km from NewquayGood to go
- Porthtowan17.9 km from NewquayGood to go
- Daymer Bay19.9 km from NewquayGood to go
- Polzeath21.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Portreath22.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Porthpean24.7 km from NewquayGood to go
- Duporth24.8 km from NewquayGood to go
- Pendower25.1 km from NewquayGood to go
- Charlestown25.1 km from NewquayGood to go
- Pentewan25.6 km from NewquayGood to go
- Porthluney26.1 km from NewquayCaution
- Crinnis Beach26.3 km from NewquayGood to go
- Polstreath26.4 km from NewquayGood to go
- Porthcurnick26.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Shorthorn Beach27.0 km from NewquayGood to go
- Portmellon27.1 km from NewquayGood to go
- Gorran Haven Little Perhaver28.5 km from NewquayGood to go
- Par Sands28.8 km from NewquayGood to go
- Vault Beach29.0 km from NewquayGood to go
- Godrevy Towans29.7 km from NewquayGood to go
- Lostwithiel, River Fowey29.7 km from NewquayNot monitored
- Polkerris29.8 km from NewquayGood to go
- Gyllyngvase29.9 km from NewquayGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Newquay?
- 44 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Newquay, 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 Newquay?
- Towan in Cornwall, about 0 km away. It is the closest of the 44 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 Newquay?
- 44 of these 44 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Environment Agency (England). 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 Newquay have the best water quality?
- 38 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 Newquay right now?
- 1 of the 44 is currently flagged, and 42 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.