Swimming spots near Carndonagh
7 swimming spots within 30 km of Carndonagh, 7 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). Nearest first — the closest is Culdaff, about 9 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 6 with no current pollution alert. 3 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Culdaff8.7 km from CarndonaghGood to go
- Lady's Bay, Buncrana18.5 km from CarndonaghCaution
- Stroove21.4 km from CarndonaghGood to go
- Lisfannon22.1 km from CarndonaghGood to go
- Portsalon22.9 km from CarndonaghGood to go
- Rathmullan24.2 km from CarndonaghGood to go
- Ballyhiernan, Fanad28.0 km from CarndonaghGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Carndonagh?
- 7 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Carndonagh, 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 Carndonagh?
- Culdaff in Donegal, about 9 km away. It is the closest of the 7 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 Carndonagh?
- 7 of these 7 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). 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 Carndonagh have the best water quality?
- 3 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 Carndonagh right now?
- 1 of the 7 is currently flagged, and 6 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.