Official EU monitoring data

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Safe to Swim?

Water quality data for 21973 European beaches. E. coli and enterococci results updated every bathing season.

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21973

Beaches Monitored

86%

Excellent Quality

855786%

Good or Better

329

Poor Quality

Explore by Country

Water quality data for the top EU countries by number of monitored beaches.

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Italy

5529 beaches

89.6% excellent82 poor

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France

3370 beaches

75.9% excellent93 poor

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Germany

2292 beaches

90.2% excellent14 poor

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Spain

2268 beaches

88.2% excellent37 poor

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Greece

1682 beaches

96.6% excellent

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Denmark

1039 beaches

94.3% excellent3 poor

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Croatia

936 beaches

95.6% excellent1 poor

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Netherlands

740 beaches

75% excellent25 poor

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Poland

708 beaches

55.9% excellent18 poor

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Portugal

666 beaches

84.8% excellent8 poor

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Sweden

461 beaches

74.8% excellent19 poor

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Finland

303 beaches

89.4% excellent7 poor

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Hungary

279 beaches

63.1% excellent3 poor

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Austria

260 beaches

96.9% excellent

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Switzerland

196 beaches

78.1% excellent6 poor

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Czechia

156 beaches

76.9% excellent

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Ireland

148 beaches

79.1% excellent3 poor

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Belgium

128 beaches

76.6% excellent

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Lithuania

121 beaches

89.3% excellent

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Cyprus

120 beaches

99.2% excellent

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Albania

119 beaches

67.2% excellent8 poor

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Bulgaria

96 beaches

92.7% excellent

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Malta

87 beaches

94.3% excellent

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Estonia

65 beaches

64.6% excellent1 poor

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Latvia

58 beaches

75.9% excellent1 poor

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Romania

50 beaches

92% excellent

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Slovenia

47 beaches

78.7% excellent

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Slovakia

32 beaches

59.4% excellent

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Luxembourg

17 beaches

76.5% excellent

How EU Beach Water Quality Works

Rigorous science behind the ratings you see on every beach page.

Step 01

Lab-Tested Data

Every season, water samples are taken from 22,000+ European bathing waters and tested for E. coli and intestinal enterococci bacteria.

Step 02

4-Year Rolling Average

Quality classification uses the 95th percentile of a rolling 4-year dataset. This smooths out individual bad readings and shows real trends.

Step 03

4 Quality Ratings

Beaches are rated Excellent, Good, Sufficient, or Poor. Member states must take action when a beach is rated Poor for 5 consecutive years.

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