Official statistics announcement
Bathing Water Data 2020
Details of bathing water quality for 2020. This information is normally updated for each location every Monday from June to mid September 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID19 emergency, DAERA Marine & Fisheries Division have currently postponed all field sampling programmes. However a modified bathing water programme may be carried out in the coming months, this will be dependent on Government COVID 19 advice. Information will be updated regularly. How the quality of bathing water is tested, the latest microbiological results for each of Northern Ireland's beaches and how these results are assessed against the standards set by the EC Bathing Water Directive.