Scotland’s bathing water classifications under the Bathing Waters (Scotland) Regulations 2008 are listed below.
Classifications are calculated at the end of the bathing water season and apply to each bathing water for the
duration of the following season.
The data behind these classifications can be accessed and visualised using our bathing waters
data explorer tool on
Scotland's Environment Web.
Bathing water |
Current status |
Aberdeen |
Excellent |
Aberdour (Silversands) |
Excellent |
Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands) |
Good |
Achmelvich |
Excellent |
Anstruther (Billow Ness) |
Excellent |
Arbroath (West Links) |
Good |
Ayr (South Beach) |
Good |
Balmedie |
Excellent |
Barassie |
Good |
Brighouse Bay |
Good |
Broad Sands |
Good |
Broughty Ferry |
Excellent |
Burntisland |
Good |
Carnoustie |
Excellent |
Carrick |
Good |
Coldingham |
Excellent |
Collieston |
Good |
Crail (Roome Bay) |
Excellent |
Cruden Bay |
Excellent |
Cullen Bay |
Excellent |
Culzean |
Excellent |
Dhoon Bay |
Sufficient |
Dores |
Sufficient |
Dornoch |
Excellent |
Dunbar (Belhaven) |
Sufficient |
Dunbar (East) |
Good |
Dunnet |
Excellent |
Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry |
Excellent |
Elie (Ruby Bay) |
Excellent |
Ettrick Bay |
Good |
Eyemouth |
Sufficient |
Findhorn |
Excellent |
Fisherrow Sands |
Good |
Fraserburgh (Philorth) |
Excellent |
Fraserburgh (Tiger Hill) |
Good |
Gairloch Beach |
Excellent |
Ganavan |
Excellent |
Girvan |
Sufficient |
Gullane |
Excellent |
Heads of Ayr |
Good |
Inverboyndie |
Good |
Irvine |
Good |
Kinghorn (Harbour Beach) |
Poor |
Kinghorn (Pettycur) |
Good |
Kingsbarns |
Excellent |
Kirkcaldy (Seafield) |
Excellent |
Largs (Pencil Beach) |
Good |
Leven |
Sufficient |
Loch Morlich |
Excellent |
Longniddry |
Good |
Lossiemouth (East) |
Good |
Lower Largo |
Poor |
Lunan Bay |
Excellent |
Lunderston Bay |
Good |
Luss Bay |
Sufficient |
Machrihanish |
Excellent |
Maidens |
Sufficient |
Millport Bay |
Excellent |
Monifieth |
Good |
Montrose |
Excellent |
Mossyard |
Good |
Nairn (Central) |
Good |
Nairn (East) |
Good |
North Berwick (Milsey Bay) |
Sufficient |
North Berwick (West) |
Excellent |
Pease Bay |
Excellent |
Peterhead (Lido) |
Excellent |
Portobello (Central) |
Sufficient |
Portobello (West) |
Sufficient |
Prestwick |
Excellent |
Rockcliffe |
Good |
Rosehearty |
Good |
Rosemarkie |
Good |
Saltcoats/Ardrossan |
Good |
Sand Beach |
Excellent |
Sandyhills |
Good |
Seacliff |
Good |
Seamill |
Good |
Seton Sands |
Good |
Southerness |
Good |
St Andrews (East Sands) |
Excellent |
St Andrews (West Sands) |
Excellent |
Stonehaven |
Good |
Thorntonloch |
Excellent |
Thurso |
Good |
Troon (South Beach) |
Excellent |
Wardie Bay |
Good |
Whitesands |
Excellent |
Yellow Craig |
Sufficient |
Excellent |
38 (43%) |
Good |
37 (42%) |
Sufficient |
12 (13%) |
Poor |
2 (2%) |
Total |
89 |