Bathing region · Ireland
North West
North West has 22 officially assessed bathing waters, 17 of them currently rated excellent water quality by the EEA (last updated July 2026).
Excellent 17Good 4Sufficient 1
The North West region of Ireland has 22 official bathing sites, all of which have been assessed. Of these, 17 out of 22 are rated 'excellent', 4 'good', and 1 'poor'. The region is almost entirely coastal in character: 21 of the 22 sites are located on the coast, with one transitional water site. There are no lake or river bathing spots. The rugged Atlantic coastline defines the bathing landscape here. All officially rated sites in the region can be found and filtered by water quality on nextlake.eu.