Swimming spots near Padstow
31 swimming spots within 30 km of Padstow, 31 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environment Agency (England). Nearest first — the closest is Daymer Bay, about 2 km away.
30 with no current pollution alert. 1 not monitored. 25 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Daymer Bay2.4 km from PadstowGood to go
- Trevone Bay2.9 km from PadstowGood to go
- Polzeath4.1 km from PadstowGood to go
- Harlyn Bay4.3 km from PadstowGood to go
- Mother Ivey`s Bay5.6 km from PadstowGood to go
- Constantine Bay6.1 km from PadstowGood to go
- Treyarnon Bay6.3 km from PadstowGood to go
- Booby's Bay6.3 km from PadstowGood to go
- Porthcothan7.0 km from PadstowGood to go
- Mawgan Porth10.6 km from PadstowGood to go
- Watergate Bay13.1 km from PadstowGood to go
- Porth15.4 km from PadstowGood to go
- Lusty Glaze16.0 km from PadstowGood to go
- Tolcarne16.7 km from PadstowGood to go
- Trebarwith Strand17.0 km from PadstowGood to go
- Great Western17.0 km from PadstowGood to go
- Towan17.4 km from PadstowGood to go
- Fistral North17.8 km from PadstowGood to go
- Fistral South18.2 km from PadstowGood to go
- Crantock19.7 km from PadstowGood to go
- Holywell Bay22.1 km from PadstowGood to go
- Lostwithiel, River Fowey24.2 km from PadstowNot monitored
- Perranporth Penhale Sands25.2 km from PadstowGood to go
- Perranporth26.3 km from PadstowGood to go
- Charlestown26.6 km from PadstowGood to go
- Duporth26.7 km from PadstowGood to go
- Crinnis Beach26.9 km from PadstowGood to go
- Porthpean27.0 km from PadstowGood to go
- Shorthorn Beach27.2 km from PadstowGood to go
- Par Sands27.6 km from PadstowGood to go
- Polkerris28.9 km from PadstowGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Padstow?
- 31 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Padstow, 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 Padstow?
- Daymer Bay in Cornwall, about 2 km away. It is the closest of the 31 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 Padstow?
- 31 of these 31 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 Padstow have the best water quality?
- 25 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 Padstow right now?
- No spot within 30 km of Padstow is currently under a pollution alert or bathing restriction. 1 of the 31 are not monitored, so nothing is published for them either way. That is not a safety clearance — check the conditions in front of you before going in.