Swimming spots near Saltcoats
10 swimming spots within 30 km of Saltcoats, 10 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Nearest first — the closest is Saltcoats/Ardrossan, about 1 km away.
2 carrying a caution. 8 with no current pollution alert. 5 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Saltcoats/Ardrossan1.3 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Irvine7.2 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Seamill7.7 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Barassie11.8 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Troon (South Beach)13.0 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Millport Bay15.8 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Largs (Pencil Beach)17.2 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Prestwick18.0 km from SaltcoatsGood to go
- Ayr (South Beach)21.1 km from SaltcoatsCaution
- Heads of Ayr23.0 km from SaltcoatsCaution
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Saltcoats?
- 10 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Saltcoats, 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 Saltcoats?
- Saltcoats/Ardrossan in Scotland, about 1 km away. It is the closest of the 10 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 Saltcoats?
- 10 of these 10 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 Saltcoats 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 Saltcoats right now?
- 2 of the 10 are currently flagged, and 8 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.