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Greystones South

Greystones South is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Wicklow, 0.4 km south-east of Greystones. 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

0.4 km

from Greystones

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 6 days last season
Awards: Blue Flag · the register does not say which year's award
County: County Wicklow
Managed by: Wicklow County Council
Nearest town: Greystones, 0.4 km south-east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 0.4 km by road, about 1 min drivingor 0.6 km on foot, about 7 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets: Yes
Parking: Yes
Access: Disability access along promenade only
Dogs: Not allowed within lifeguard patrol zone/bathing area
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: Dart light rail and Dublin Bus
First aid: Available at Lifeguard station
Position: 53.1428° N, 6.0579° W
Record changed: 2026-03-31

Steps to South Beach, Greystones, Co. Wicklow·P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Steps to South Beach, Greystones, Co. Wicklow·P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Greystones South beach at Greystones. The grey rocks which gave the town its name can be seen nearer the town and Bray Head beyond.·Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Greystones South beach at Greystones. The grey rocks which gave the town its name can be seen nearer the town and Bray Head beyond.·Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Greystones South Beach is a shingle, steeply sloping beach. The beach has some sudden declines into the water and is boarded by a railway line to the rear.

Greystones South is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Greystones South 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.

The EPA’s own beach profile

Where it is

Greystones South, and the other places to swim in County Wicklow. Share your position and the map will show how far each one is from you.

Getting to Greystones South

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

Greystones South is in Greystones, County Wicklow. 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 Greystones, 0.4 km south-east 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

The nearest scheduled stop is Greystones Station (4224), 240 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Greystones Station 240 m
buses L2, L1, L3, X1, X2 and 84n
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Greystones 260 m
trains DART and rail
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Mill Road 410 m
buses L2, L1, L3, X1, X2 and 84n
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Greystones Village 480 m
buses L2, L1, L3, X1, X2 and 84n
Scheduled departures from this stop
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La Touche Road 580 m
buses L3 and 84n
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Getting to Greystones covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Greystones South?

The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Greystones South is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Greystones South 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 Greystones South?

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 Wicklow County Council before swimming.

Does Greystones South 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 Greystones South?

The register records one, without giving hours. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Greystones South without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Greystones Station, 240 metres from the beach in a straight line, and buses L2, L1, L3, X1, X2 and 84n call there, run by Go-Ahead Ireland. 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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