Can you swim at Portballintrae Salmon Rock?

Yes. Rated Good in the latest annual classification. Portballintrae Salmon Rock is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.

What is the water quality like at Portballintrae Salmon Rock?

Portballintrae Salmon Rock is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons.

Has there been sewage at Portballintrae Salmon Rock recently?

We do not have a live storm-overflow feed for Portballintrae Salmon Rock, so we cannot say whether one has discharged nearby.

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Northern Ireland · Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Wednesday 2 September

Portballintrae Salmon Rock

Yes. Rated Good in the latest annual classification.

Water quality only This says nothing about tides, rip currents, cold water shock or lifeguard cover. Cold water and currents are dangerous even when the water is clean. Read the local signs before you go in. What we cannot tell you.

Checked 01:34 UK time

Why this verdict

Annual classification: Good (positive factor)

Coverage for this site

DAERA does not publish a daily pollution-risk forecast or live storm-overflow data for bathing waters in Northern Ireland, so this verdict reflects the most recent annual classification rather than today's conditions. We show live forecasts, sample readings and sewage-overflow alerts for England and Wales only.

Common questions

Can you swim at Portballintrae Salmon Rock?: Yes. Rated Good in the latest annual classification. Portballintrae Salmon Rock is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.
What is the water quality like at Portballintrae Salmon Rock?: Portballintrae Salmon Rock is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons.
Has there been sewage at Portballintrae Salmon Rock recently?: We do not have a live storm-overflow feed for Portballintrae Salmon Rock, so we cannot say whether one has discharged nearby.

Where this data comes from

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