County WexfordGreen Coast

Rosslare Harbour

Rosslare Harbour is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Wexford, 0.7 km east of Rosslare Harbour. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records parking, bins, a lifebuoy, an information board and a beach wheelchair. 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

0.7 km

from Rosslare Harbour

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: Green Coast · the register does not say which year's award
County: County Wexford
Managed by: Wexford County Council
Nearest town: Rosslare Harbour, 0.7 km east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 1.2 km by road, about 3 min drivingor 0.7 km on foot, about 9 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: No
Toilets: No
Parking: Yes
Access: A beach wheelchair is available. Disabled parking in car park. Timber boardwalk and viewing platform overlooking beach. Beach mat in place during summer season.
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: Rail and bus to Rosslare Harbour
Position: 52.2512° N, 6.3308° W
Record changed: 2023-06-13

Rosslare Harbour Beach aerial photograph·瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rosslare Harbour Beach aerial photograph·瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Rosslare Harbour is a gentle sloping beach immediately south of Rosslare Europort. Sandy beach with rock outcrops around the beach. Good access to the beach with a car park for 30 cars, timber boardwalk to beach and a viewing platform overlooking the beach.

Where it is

Rosslare Harbour, and the other places to swim in County Wexford. Share your position and the map will show how far each one is from you.

Getting to Rosslare Harbour

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

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 Rosslare Harbour, 0.7 km 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 Rosslare Europort (355501), 280 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Rosslare Europort 280 m
buses 387, 370 and 132
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Rosslare Harbour 900 m
buses 387 and 370
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Kilrane 1.9 km
buses 387 and 370
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Other places to swim in County Wexford

Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Rosslare Harbour?

Rosslare 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 Rosslare Harbour?

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

Does Rosslare Harbour have a Blue Flag?

No Blue Flag, but the register records a Green Coast award, which recognises clean water and an unspoilt shore rather than facilities.

Is there a lifeguard at Rosslare Harbour?

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

How do you get to Rosslare Harbour without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Rosslare Europort, 280 metres from the beach in a straight line, and buses 387, 370 and 132 call there, run by TFI Local Link Wexford and 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 2023-06-13. 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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