County Kerry

Cúas Crom

Cúas Crom is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Kerry, 3.4 km north-west of Cahersiveen. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it excellent for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records toilets, parking and a lifebuoy.

Excellent

water quality, 2025

Blue Flag

lifeguard

3.4 km

from Cahersiveen

Water quality: Excellent, 2025
Seasons before: 2024 Excellent, 2023 Good, 2022 Good
Water testing: Tested by the EPA sampled through the season and given a water quality grade
Season restriction: None in place
Pollution after rain: Prone to short term pollution, closed 10 days last season
Awards: None
County: County Kerry
Managed by: Kerry County Council
Nearest town: Cahersiveen, 3.4 km north-west of it, in a straight line
From that town: 4.9 km by road, about 8 min drivingor 4.6 km on foot, about 57 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: No
Toilets: A public convenience is located at the beach
Parking: Public parking is available at the beach.
Access: No
Dogs: No
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
Position: 51.9646° N, 10.2647° W
Record changed: 2026-03-31

Cuas Crom (Cooncrome) Beach·Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cuas Crom (Cooncrome) Beach·Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Cúas Crom Beach is one of the most popular beaches in the Caherciveen area and is well known for great swimming as there are very few currents in the sheltered cove. The beach itself is stony but the water is surprisingly warm and clear. It holds an annual Christmas Day Swim and is located next to several great walking routes along the coast, to Knocknatobar Mountain, Dolus Head, Ballycarbery Castle and House and the amazing and historic stone forts of Cahergal and Leacanabuaile.

Cúas Crom is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Cúas Crom had an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2024 and a Good Water Quality rating in 2023 and 2022. 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.

The EPA’s own beach profile

Where it is

Cúas Crom, and the other places to swim in County Kerry. Share your position and the map will show how far each one is from you.

Getting to Cúas Crom

About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works

Destination, access and nearby stops

Cúas Crom is in Cahersiveen, County Kerry. 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 Cahersiveen, 3.4 km north-west of the beach. The register records 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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Stops near it

No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Cúas Crom. On-demand services may not be included.

Getting to Cahersiveen covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Cúas Crom?

The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Cúas Crom is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Cúas Crom had an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2024 and a Good Water Quality rating in 2023 and 2022. 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. A classification is a record of seasons that have finished; it is not a reading of the water today.

Is swimming restricted at Cúas Crom?

The register records no season-long restriction. That is about the season, not about today: a short notice after heavy rain would not appear here, and this water is recorded as prone to short term pollution. Check with Kerry County Council before swimming.

Does Cúas Crom 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 Cúas Crom?

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

How do you get to Cúas Crom without a car?

No stop in the national timetable is within two and a half kilometres of Cúas Crom. 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 2026-03-31. 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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