Beaches and Bathing Water Quality Information

Bathing Water Quality Monitoring

Find out more about how we monitor the water quality at our 10 identified beaches in Fingal

Beaches

Bathing Water Quality Monitoring FAQs

Read the answers to the Frequently Asked Questions with regard to identified bathing waters, the process with regard to testing and what the results mean etc

Beaches

The All-Season Advisory for Front Strand Balbriggan 2022 FAQs

This is a temporary public health notice advising the public of the potential risk of illness due to the ‘Poor’ classification -it is not a ban on swimming or a closure of the beach.

07 Sep 2021

Beaches

Important Notice – Lions Mane Jellyfish 07th September 2021

A member of the public has alerted the Council that they have spotted a large amount of Lions Mane jellyfish on Donabate Beach. The pictures below were taken by them on Sunday 05/09/2021. These jellyfish may also be spotted at our other beaches.

20 Aug 2021

Beaches

Bathing Water Quality Results from testing 6th September 2021

Bathing Water quality results for monitoring samples taken on Monday 6th September, 2021. The results met the standard for “excellent” for all identified bathing waters. The non-identified bathing water at Malahide Beach (constant red flag) met with “excellent” status also.

11 May 2022

Don’t let your dog dung spoil bathing season

Dog owners are being encouraged to be responsible by bagging and binning their pets poo when using the county’s many beaches. Failure to do so could see access stopped.

10 May 2022

Beaches

Consultation on Identification of Bathing Waters for the 2023 Season

Fingal residents are being invited to have their say in the annual review of bathing waters for the 2023 Season

Beaches

Brown Foam on the Beach

This is brown foam which is seen on our beaches from time to time. It is called surf foam or surf scum. It can be easily mistaken for pollution, but it isn’t. It is a collection of millions of microscopic algae (bloom) and is a natural phenomenon. They need sunlight to grow and attach to the bubbles in the surf causing foaming.

Visit Beaches.ie

The EPA beaches.ie website shares the latest information beaches, water quality and gives other information with regard to beach safety and advice

Take a trip to one of our Fingal Beaches

Choose from the list to find out more about your local beach or view the interactive map. Lifeguards are deployed on all identified beaches from 11am to 7pm at weekends only for the month of June and then 7 days a week for July and August.