Do Not Swim prohibition notice issued for Velvet Strand Portmarnock

Please be advised that a temporary Do Not Swim prohibition notice has been issued for Velvet Strand Portmarnock for 6 days.

The notice is due to a likely deterioration in water quality due to an electrical fault and power outage at the Wastewater Pumping Station.

Power has been restored and a resample will be arranged and the Prohibition notice will be reviewed when results are received.

Velvet Strand remains open but beach users are asked to respect the ‘Do Not Swim’ notice as it has been put in place to ensure that the health of bathers is not compromised.

Members of the public can check for water quality at any of the monitored bathing waters in Ireland in advance by accessing the EPA website at www.beaches.ie or by checking the notice board at the entrance to each beach. 

To view  an explanation of the standards used for reporting results of bathing water please go to  https://www.fingal.ie/bathing-water-quality-monitoring-faqs