Swimming spots near Moville
4 swimming spots within 30 km of Moville, 4 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). Nearest first — the closest is Stroove, about 8 km away.
1 carrying a caution. 3 with no current pollution alert. 2 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Stroove8.4 km from MovilleGood to go
- Culdaff13.4 km from MovilleGood to go
- Lady's Bay, Buncrana27.6 km from MovilleCaution
- Lisfannon29.8 km from MovilleGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Moville?
- 4 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Moville, 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 Moville?
- Stroove in Donegal, about 8 km away. It is the closest of the 4 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 Moville?
- 4 of these 4 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 Moville have the best water quality?
- 2 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 Moville right now?
- 1 of the 4 is currently flagged, and 3 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.