Swimming with a dog in Dublin

Dogs are allowed at 13 swimming spots in Dublin. Official water-quality classification for the 2025 season: 7× excellent, 3× good and 3× sufficient. At 13 spots dogs must be kept on a lead. Where nothing is stated we do not know — that does not mean it is forbidden. Dublin has 11 more swimming spots of other kinds.

• Balbriggan, Front Strand Beach Coast
• Claremont Beach Coast, Howth-Malahide
• Dollymount Strand Coast, Clontarf
• Donabate, Balcarrick Beach Coast, Rush-Lusk
• Half Moon Coast, South East Inner City
• Portmarnock, Velvet Strand Beach Coast, Howth-Malahide
• Portrane, The Brook Beach Coast, Rush-Lusk
• Rush North Beach Coast, Rush-Lusk
• Rush, South Beach Coast, Rush-Lusk
• Sandymount Strand Coast, Pembroke
• Skerries, South Beach Coast, Balbriggan
• Sutton, Burrow Beach Coast, Howth-Malahide
• White Rock Beach Coast, Dún Laoghaire

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