Garrylucas, White Strand

Location: Cork (Cork County Council)

No Bathing Water Quality Issues

Awards: Blue Flag

Current Water Quality: Excellent
Last Sampled: Mon. Sep. 04 2023

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About Garrylucas, White Strand

Garrylucas beach is a gently sloping, sandy beach which is flanked on both sides by rocky cliffs. The beach is a south west facing beach and is quite open to rough weather and rough seas. Garrylucas beach has sand dunes to the north and Garrylucas Marsh proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA 000087) is located north of the dunes. The beach is used to some extent by anglers, walkers, surfers and windsurfers.. View available amenities and tide information at Beaches.ie.

Latest Annual Bathing Water Quality Report

Garrylucas, White Strand is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2022 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2019 to 2022. Garrylucas, White Strand has achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2019 to 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.