Swimming spots near Dungarvan
16 swimming spots within 30 km of Dungarvan, 6 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). Nearest first — the closest is Clonea Beach, about 6 km away.
6 with no current pollution alert. 10 not monitored. 5 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Clonea Beach5.6 km from DungarvanGood to go
- Stradbally11.6 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Ballyvooney12.9 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Ballyquin14.1 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Curragh15.1 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Ardmore Beach16.6 km from DungarvanGood to go
- Bunmahon Beach18.2 km from DungarvanGood to go
- Whiting Bay18.5 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Goat Island18.7 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Boatstrand22.0 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Youghal Front Strand Beach22.9 km from DungarvanGood to go
- Youghal Claycastle23.8 km from DungarvanGood to go
- Annestown24.5 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Redbarn25.1 km from DungarvanGood to go
- Kilfarrassey27.1 km from DungarvanNot monitored
- Ring (Greenlands Strand)28.4 km from DungarvanNot monitored
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Dungarvan?
- 16 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Dungarvan, 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 Dungarvan?
- Clonea Beach in Waterford, about 6 km away. It is the closest of the 16 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 Dungarvan?
- 6 of these 16 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 Dungarvan 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 Dungarvan right now?
- No spot within 30 km of Dungarvan is currently under a pollution alert or bathing restriction. 10 of the 16 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.