Swimming spots near Wexford
13 swimming spots within 30 km of Wexford, 5 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). Nearest first — the closest is Culletons Gap, about 8 km away.
5 with no current pollution alert. 8 not monitored. 5 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Culletons Gap8.1 km from WexfordNot monitored
- Rosslare Strand8.8 km from WexfordGood to go
- Curracloe8.8 km from WexfordGood to go
- Ballinesker9.9 km from WexfordGood to go
- Rosslare Harbour13.0 km from WexfordNot monitored
- St Helens Bay15.0 km from WexfordNot monitored
- Carne17.1 km from WexfordGood to go
- Ballyhealy17.3 km from WexfordNot monitored
- Kilmore Quay Small Beach20.1 km from WexfordNot monitored
- Cullenstown22.2 km from WexfordNot monitored
- Morriscastle24.8 km from WexfordGood to go
- Old Bawn29.3 km from WexfordNot monitored
- Grange29.4 km from WexfordNot monitored
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Wexford?
- 13 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Wexford, 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 Wexford?
- Culletons Gap in Wexford, about 8 km away. It is the closest of the 13 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 Wexford?
- 5 of these 13 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 Wexford 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 Wexford right now?
- No spot within 30 km of Wexford is currently under a pollution alert or bathing restriction. 8 of the 13 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.