Swimming spots near Falcarragh
10 swimming spots within 30 km of Falcarragh, 9 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). Nearest first — the closest is Drumnatinny, about 3 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 9 with no current pollution alert. 8 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Drumnatinny3.2 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Magheraroarty4.4 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Killahoey11.2 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Portnablagh12.3 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Marble Hill13.8 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Portarthur, Derrybeg13.9 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Downings17.8 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Carrickfinn18.7 km from FalcarraghGood to go
- Murder Hole Beach (Boyeeghter Strand)21.9 km from FalcarraghCaution
- Ballyhiernan, Fanad28.4 km from FalcarraghGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Falcarragh?
- 10 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Falcarragh, 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 Falcarragh?
- Drumnatinny in Donegal, about 3 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 Falcarragh?
- 9 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 Falcarragh have the best water quality?
- 8 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 Falcarragh right now?
- 1 of the 10 is currently flagged, and 9 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.