County Dublin

Rush, South Beach

Rush, South Beach is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Dublin, 0.8 km south of Rush. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it good for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, bins, recycling, a lifebuoy, first aid and an information board.

Good

water quality, 2025

Blue Flag

Yes

lifeguard

0.8 km

from Rush

Water quality: Good, 2025
Seasons before: 2024 Good, 2023 Good, 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: None
County: County Dublin
Managed by: Fingal County Council
Nearest town: Rush, 0.8 km south of it, in a straight line
From that town: 1.1 km by road, about 2 min drivingor 1 km on foot, about 12 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes: 11am to 7pm weekends only in June & full time July & August
Toilets: Yes
Parking: Yes
Access: Recorded as accessible, with no detail given
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: Bus Route
First aid: In Lifeguard Hut when lifeguard on duty
Position: 53.5153° N, 6.0950° W
Record changed: 2026-03-31

Coastal houses at Rush, Dublin·Finnfrog99, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Coastal houses at Rush, Dublin·Finnfrog99, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

View to Lambay Island from Rush·Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
View to Lambay Island from Rush·Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Rush South Beach is a gently sloping sandy beach consisting of a large sandy dune area at the rear of the beach. There is a rocky headland to the North providing some shelter to the beach.

Rush, South Beach is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Rush, South Beach achieved a Good Water Qualtiy rating in 2024 and 2023, and an Excellent Water Quality rating in 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

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

Getting to Rush, South Beach

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

Rush, South Beach is in Rush, County Dublin. 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 Rush, 0.8 km south 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 Rush Main Street (3837), 760 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Rush Main Street 760 m
buses 33A, 33 and 33X
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Community Centre 810 m
buses 33A, 33 and 33X
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Rush Garda Station 900 m
buses 33A, 33 and 33X
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St Maur's Church 920 m
buses 33A, 33, 33X, 33n and 33E
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Kilbush Lane 940 m
buses 33A, 33 and 33X
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Getting to Rush covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Rush, South Beach?

The EPA classified it Good for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Rush, South Beach is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Rush, South Beach achieved a Good Water Qualtiy rating in 2024 and 2023, and an Excellent Water Quality rating in 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 Rush, South Beach?

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 Fingal County Council before swimming.

Does Rush, South Beach 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 Rush, South Beach?

The register records one, 11am to 7pm weekends only in June & full time July & August. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Rush, South Beach without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Rush Main Street, 760 metres from the beach in a straight line, and buses 33A, 33 and 33X call there, run by Go-Ahead Ireland and Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus. 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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