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Tramore Beach

Tramore Beach is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Waterford, 0.4 km south-east of Tramore. 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 Tramore
Water quality
Excellent, 2025
Seasons before
2024 Excellent, 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
Awards
Blue Flag, Green Coast · the register does not say which year's award
County
County Waterford
Managed by
Waterford City & County Council
Nearest town
Tramore, 0.4 km south-east of it, in a straight line
From that town
0.6 km by road, about 1 min drivingor 0.4 km on foot, about 5 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard
Yes: Yes
Toilets
Yes, including disabled toilets
Parking
Carparking spaces along the promenade and a large carpark area available
Access
Ramp to beach
Dogs
No dogs allowed between 11am to 7pm, June, July and August
Cars on the beach
No
Public transport
Public buses
First aid
At lifeguard station
Position
52.1582° N, 7.1445° W
Record changed
2026-07-26
Strand Road, Tramore, 2021-06-01
Strand Road, Tramore, 2021-06-01·瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Strand Road, Tramore, 2021-06-01·瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Tramore Beach
Tramore Beach·Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Tramore Beach·Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Tramore is a sandy beach (3 km long) with a gentle slope down to the low water mark and beyond. There are rock pools accessible at low tide which support a variety of marine wildlife and plant species. There is a lagoon type salt marsh which is the rarest in Ireland located at the west of the beach; there are also sand dunes located on the beach. Both features ensure the area is designated as both a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and a Special Protection Area (SPA). Activities include swimming, surfing, kite surfing and kayaking.

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

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Getting to Tramore Beach

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Tramore Beach is in Tramore, County Waterford. 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 Tramore, 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 Tramore Bus Stn (331441), 510 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Tramore Bus Stn 510 m
    buses 360, 360A, 367 and 358 among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Church Road 790 m
    buses 360 and 360A
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • The Orchard 830 m
    buses 360 and 360A
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Priest's Road 840 m
    bus 360A
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  • Summer Hill 930 m
    buses 360A and 367
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Getting to Tramore covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Tramore Beach?
The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Tramore Beach is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Tramore Beach achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2024 and 2022, and Good Water Quality rating in 2023. 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 Tramore 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 Waterford City & County Council before swimming.
Does Tramore Beach 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 Tramore Beach?
The register records one, Yes. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Tramore Beach without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Tramore Bus Stn, 510 metres from the beach in a straight line, and buses 360, 360A, 367 and 358 among others 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 2026-07-26. 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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