Skip to main content

Return to Menu

No Bathing Water Quality Issues

Donabate, Balcarrick Beach

Location: Dublin (Fingal County Council)
Awards: Blue Flag    Green Coast Flag

Get Bathing Water Quality Alerts:

You can subscribe to get bathing water quality alerts for Donabate, Balcarrick Beach. As bathing water issues are reported by EPA, DCC Alerts will alert you by email. Stay in the loop and get alerts for the places you like to swim.
You are not currently subscribed.
Read our terms & conditions here. Please review and accept the terms and conditions of the bathing water quality alerts to subscribe.
Data is provided by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The data provided in the API is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About Donabate, Balcarrick Beach

Donabate Balcarrick beach is a south-east facing, gently sloping sandy beach consisting of a large sandy dune area.. View available amenities and tide information at Beaches.ie.

Latest Annual Bathing Water Quality Report

Donabate, Balcarrick Beach is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2022 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2019 to 2022. Donabate, Balcarrick Beach achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2021 and 2020, and had a Good Water Quality rating in 2019. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health.