Swimming spots near Castletownbere
10 swimming spots within 30 km of Castletownbere, 3 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). Nearest first — the closest is Dooneen Pier, about 16 km away.
3 with no current pollution alert. 7 not monitored. 3 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Dooneen Pier15.8 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
- Garnish15.9 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
- Kilcrohane17.1 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
- Doire Fhíonáin (Derrynane)19.7 km from CastletownbereGood to go
- Barley Cove22.6 km from CastletownbereGood to go
- Ballyrisode23.2 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
- Galley Cove24.2 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
- Waterville Town Beach26.7 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
- Trá na hUíne (Inny Strand, Waterville)29.2 km from CastletownbereGood to go
- Cadogans strand, Schull29.3 km from CastletownbereNot monitored
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Castletownbere?
- 10 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Castletownbere, spread across 2 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 Castletownbere?
- Dooneen Pier in Cork, about 16 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 Castletownbere?
- 3 of these 10 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 Castletownbere 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 Castletownbere right now?
- No spot within 30 km of Castletownbere is currently under a pollution alert or bathing restriction. 7 of the 10 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.