Portballintrae Salmon Rock — bathing water quality
near Bushmills, Causeway Coast and Glens
Portballintrae Salmon Rock is a coastal water in Causeway Coast and Glens, near Bushmills.
Official classification
Excellent
Assessed 2026
Excellent is the top class of the EU Bathing Water Directive, awarded where four bathing seasons of E. coli and intestinal enterococci sampling at this bathing water fall within the Directive’s strictest limits.
This bathing water
- Type
- Coastal water
- County
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Location
- 55.2201, -6.5429
Others in Causeway Coast and Glens
- Ballycastle, BallycastleExcellent
- Castlerock, CastlerockExcellent
- Cushendall, CushendallExcellent
- Magilligan Benone, CastlerockExcellent
- Magilligan Downhill, CastlerockExcellent
- Portrush Curran (East Strand), PortrushExcellent
- Portrush Mill (West Strand), PortrushExcellent
- Portrush Whiterocks, PortrushExcellent
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