County Cork

Cape Clear North Harbour

Cape Clear North Harbour is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Cork, 10 km south of Schull. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records bins and a lifebuoy. It leaves 2 of the questions on this page unanswered, and those are shown as not recorded rather than as a no.

Blue Flag

lifeguard

10 km

from Schull

Water quality: Not monitored for a classification
Water testing: Not tested by the EPA on its list, but not sampled for a grade
Season restriction: Not recorded
Pollution after rain: Not recorded
Awards: None
County: County Cork
Managed by: Cork County Council
Nearest town: Schull, 10 km south of it, in a straight line
From that town: No road routeNothing on the map joins the two by road. This beach is on an island, or the way in is not mapped.
Lifeguard: No
Toilets: No
Parking: No
Access: No
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
Position: 51.4406° N, 9.5053° W
Record changed: 2026-03-13

Cape Clear Island - N Harbour·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cape Clear Island - N Harbour·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Cape Clear Island - Remains of Templekieran & N Harbour·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cape Clear Island - Remains of Templekieran & N Harbour·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Cape Clear North Harbour Beach , is a gently sloping sandy beach facing North, towards Schull on the Southern coast of Ireland. Access to the beach on the island is by ferry from Schull or Baltimore on the mainland. The beach is within walking distance of the ferry landing point on the island.

Where it is

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Cape Clear North Harbour is in Schull, County Cork. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. The entrance has not been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

The nearest settlement is Schull, 10 km south of the beach. The register records no parking here. Getting to the town is not getting to the beach, so the journey below is worked out to the beach itself and the last stretch on foot is measured rather than left out.

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No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Cape Clear North Harbour. On-demand services may not be included.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Cape Clear North Harbour?

Cape Clear North Harbour is on the EPA's list but is not one of the waters it tests, so the State works out no grade for it and none exists. Nothing here says the water is clean or dirty, because nobody has published either.

Is swimming restricted at Cape Clear North Harbour?

The register leaves this blank for Cape Clear North Harbour, which it does for the 89 waters it does not monitor. A blank is not a no. Check with Cork County Council.

Does Cape Clear North Harbour have a Blue Flag?

No. A beach without one can still have excellent water: the Blue Flag also asks for facilities, lifeguards and information boards, which a quiet strand may not have.

Is there a lifeguard at Cape Clear North Harbour?

No. The register records no lifeguard here, so nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Cape Clear North Harbour without a car?

No stop in the national timetable is within two and a half kilometres of Cape Clear North Harbour. That is what the published timetable holds rather than a statement that nothing goes near: services that run on demand, and routes that file no schedule, are not in the feed at all.

Where does this come from?

The Environmental Protection Agency's list of places people swim, which it calls the bathing water register, read on 2026-09-20, where this record was last changed on 2026-03-13. Water quality, awards, lifeguards and facilities are the EPA's own fields, and a field it leaves blank is shown as not recorded rather than as a no. The distance to the nearest town is this site's own measurement, in a straight line.

Water quality, awards, lifeguards, toilets, parking and access are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own fields, from its bathing water register, read 2026-09-20. The classification covers four years of sampling and is not a reading for today: after heavy rain the water can be worse than the classification suggests, and the EPA and the local authority post notices when it is. Positions are the EPA’s grid references, projected to latitude and longitude. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable.

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