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Dugort Beach, Achill Island

Dugort Beach, Achill Island is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Mayo, 0.9 km north of Doogort. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it excellent for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, bins, recycling, a lifebuoy, first aid and an information board.

Excellent
water quality, 2025
Yes
Blue Flag
Yes
lifeguard
0.9 km
from Doogort
Water quality
Excellent, 2025
Seasons before
2024 Excellent, 2023 Excellent, 2022 Excellent
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 17 days last season
Awards
Blue Flag · the register does not say which year's award
County
County Mayo
Managed by
Mayo County Council
Nearest town
Doogort, 0.9 km north of it, in a straight line
From that town
0.8 km by road, about 2 min drivingor 0.8 km on foot, about 10 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard
Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets
Yes
Parking
Yes
Access
Ramp leading to beach
Dogs
Dogs only allowed before 12pm and after 6.30pm during the bathing season (1st June to 15th September) otherwise allowed at all times onto beach.
Cars on the beach
No
Public transport
No
Protected area
Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position
54.0127° N, 10.0241° W
Record changed
2026-03-31
View towards Slievemore from car park at Silver Strand, Dugort
View towards Slievemore from car park at Silver Strand, Dugort·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
View towards Slievemore from car park at Silver Strand, Dugort·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Pollawaddy Bay, Achill Island
Pollawaddy Bay, Achill Island·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Pollawaddy Bay, Achill Island·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

This beach is located approx. 3 Km east of Doogort village in Achill Island. The Designated Bathing Area of Silver Strand is small, 150m long, set at the western end of a north facing medium sized beach approximately 500m long bordered at it's western end by a road leading to Seal Caves further around the headland and a low headland to the east. There is a large grassy area between the beach and the public road and the sand dunes form a visible barrier between this and the beach itself. The bathing area is approximately 2.25km wide. The bathing water is approximately 0.78km2 in area.

Dugort Beach, Achill Island is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Dugort Beach, Achill Island has achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2022 to 2025. 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.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Dugort Beach, Achill Island is in Doogort, County Mayo. 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 Doogort, 0.9 km north 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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The nearest scheduled stop is Dugort (530391), 260 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Dugort 260 m
    bus 450
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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Dugort Beach, Achill Island?
The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Dugort Beach, Achill Island is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Dugort Beach, Achill Island has achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2022 to 2025. 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 Dugort Beach, Achill Island?
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 Mayo County Council before swimming.
Does Dugort Beach, Achill Island have a Blue Flag?
The register records one. It does not record which year's award, and the flag is awarded each season, so it is worth checking the flag is flying when you arrive.
Is there a lifeguard at Dugort Beach, Achill Island?
The register records one, without giving hours. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Dugort Beach, Achill Island without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Dugort, 260 metres from the beach in a straight line, and bus 450 call there, run by Bus Éireann. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways, and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you pick. Where no footway joins the stop to the beach it says so rather than making a number up.
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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