Swimming spots near Torquay
34 swimming spots within 30 km of Torquay, 34 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environment Agency (England). Nearest first — the closest is Beacon Cove, about 1 km away.
2 under a do-not-swim notice right now. 2 carrying a caution. 30 with no current pollution alert. 25 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Beacon Cove0.9 km from TorquayGood to go
- Torre Abbey1.1 km from TorquayGood to go
- Meadfoot1.2 km from TorquayGood to go
- Anstey's Cove (Torquay)1.6 km from TorquayGood to go
- Babbacombe1.7 km from TorquayGood to go
- Oddicombe2.0 km from TorquayGood to go
- Hollicombe2.9 km from TorquayGood to go
- Paignton Preston Sands3.4 km from TorquayGood to go
- Watcombe3.4 km from TorquayGood to go
- Paignton Paignton Sands4.3 km from TorquayGood to go
- Maidencombe4.6 km from TorquayGood to go
- Goodrington5.4 km from TorquayGood to go
- Broadsands7.0 km from TorquayGood to go
- Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone)7.3 km from TorquayGood to go
- Ness Cove8.0 km from TorquayGood to go
- Shaldon8.4 km from TorquayGood to go
- St Mary's Bay (Devon)9.0 km from TorquayGood to go
- Teignmouth Town9.1 km from TorquayGood to go
- Stoke Gabriel, Dart Estuary10.2 km from TorquayCaution
- Dittisham, Dart Estuary10.5 km from TorquayGood to go
- Teignmouth Holcombe11.2 km from TorquayGood to go
- Steamer Quay, Dart Estuary12.0 km from TorquayCaution
- Dawlish Coryton Cove12.7 km from TorquayGood to go
- Dawlish Town13.5 km from TorquayDo not swim
- Dartmouth Castle Cove14.1 km from TorquayGood to go
- Warfleet Creek, Dart Estuary14.1 km from TorquayGood to go
- Dawlish Warren16.0 km from TorquayGood to go
- Blackpool Sands17.4 km from TorquayGood to go
- Exmouth18.3 km from TorquayGood to go
- Sandy Bay19.4 km from TorquayGood to go
- Slapton Sands Monument21.8 km from TorquayGood to go
- Budleigh Salterton23.2 km from TorquayGood to go
- Slapton Sands Torcross24.0 km from TorquayGood to go
- Ladram Bay27.4 km from TorquayDo not swim
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Torquay?
- 34 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Torquay, spread across 4 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 Torquay?
- Beacon Cove in Torbay, about 1 km away. It is the closest of the 34 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 Torquay?
- 34 of these 34 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 Torquay 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 Torquay right now?
- 4 of the 34 are currently flagged, including 2 under an active do-not-swim notice, and 30 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.