Swimming

Official bathing waters in Scotland

90 bathing waters · Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Classification 2025

  • Excellent 47
  • Good 26
  • Sufficient 13
  • Poor 3
  • No classification 1

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90 bathing waters

  • AberdeenExcellent2025Page
  • Aberdour (Silversands)Excellent2025Page
  • Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands)Excellent2025Page
  • AchmelvichExcellent2025Page
  • Anstruther (Billow Ness)Excellent2025Page
  • Arbroath (West Links)Excellent2025Page
  • Ayr (South Beach)Sufficient2025Page
  • Ballachulish Penninsulanone givenPage
  • BalmedieExcellent2025Page
  • BarassieGood2025Page
  • Brighouse BayGood2025Page
  • Broad SandsGood2025Page
  • Broughty FerryExcellent2025Page
  • BurntislandSufficient2025Page
  • CarnoustieExcellent2025Page
  • CarrickExcellent2025Page
  • ColdinghamGood2025Page
  • ColliestonGood2025Page
  • Crail (Roome Bay)Excellent2025Page
  • Cruden BayExcellent2025Page
  • Cullen BayExcellent2025Page
  • CulzeanExcellent2025Page
  • Dhoon BaySufficient2025Page
  • DoresGood2025Page
  • DornochExcellent2025Page
  • Dunbar (Belhaven)Good2025Page
  • Dunbar (East)Sufficient2025Page
  • DunnetExcellent2025Page
  • Elie (Harbour) and EarlsferryExcellent2025Page
  • Elie (Ruby Bay)Excellent2025Page
  • Ettrick BayGood2025Page
  • EyemouthSufficient2025Page
  • FindhornExcellent2025Page
  • Fisherrow SandsPoor2025Page
  • Fraserburgh (Philorth)Excellent2025Page
  • Fraserburgh (Tiger Hill)Good2025Page
  • Gairloch BeachExcellent2025Page
  • GanavanExcellent2025Page
  • GirvanSufficient2025Page
  • GullaneExcellent2025Page
  • Heads of AyrSufficient2025Page
  • InverboyndieGood2025Page
  • IrvineGood2025Page
  • Kinghorn (Harbour Beach)Poor2025Page
  • Kinghorn (Pettycur)Good2025Page
  • KingsbarnsExcellent2025Page
  • Kirkcaldy (Seafield)Excellent2025Page
  • Largs (Pencil Beach)Excellent2025Page
  • LevenGood2025Page
  • Loch MorlichExcellent2025Page
  • LongniddryGood2025Page
  • Lossiemouth (East)Good2025Page
  • Lower LargoPoor2025Page
  • Lunan BayExcellent2025Page
  • Lunderston BayGood2025Page
  • Luss BayGood2025Page
  • MachrihanishExcellent2025Page
  • MaidensSufficient2025Page
  • Millport BayExcellent2025Page
  • MonifiethExcellent2025Page
  • MontroseExcellent2025Page
  • MossyardGood2025Page
  • Nairn (Central)Excellent2025Page
  • Nairn (East)Excellent2025Page
  • North Berwick (Milsey Bay)Good2025Page
  • North Berwick (West)Good2025Page
  • Pease BayExcellent2025Page
  • Peterhead (Lido)Excellent2025Page
  • Portobello (Central)Sufficient2025Page
  • Portobello (West)Sufficient2025Page
  • PrestwickExcellent2025Page
  • RockcliffeSufficient2025Page
  • RoseheartyExcellent2025Page
  • RosemarkieExcellent2025Page
  • Saltcoats/ArdrossanGood2025Page
  • Sand BeachExcellent2025Page
  • SandyhillsGood2025Page
  • SeacliffExcellent2025Page
  • SeamillExcellent2025Page
  • Seton SandsGood2025Page
  • SouthernessSufficient2025Page
  • St Andrews (East Sands)Excellent2025Page
  • St Andrews (West Sands)Good2025Page
  • StonehavenExcellent2025Page
  • ThorntonlochExcellent2025Page
  • ThursoGood2025Page
  • Troon (South Beach)Excellent2025Page
  • Wardie BayGood2025Page
  • WhitesandsExcellent2025Page
  • Yellow CraigSufficient2025Page

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