- Sea temp 12.4 °C surface, modelled
- Waves 0.5 m period 3 s · NE
- Wind 6 mph from N · gust 11
- Next tide High 04:43 today · 4.6 m
Coney Island is a small seaside hamlet and townland of 48 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, between the villages of Ardglass and Killough. It is situated in the civil parish of Ardglass and the historic barony of Lecale Lower. There is a small caravan park at Coney Island.
Adapted from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Conditions now
Air
8°C
Partly cloudy
Swell
0.3m
period 3 s · NE
Rain
0mm
last 48 hours
Water quality
Not a designated bathing water — not routinely sampled.
No published samples for this site yet.
Weekly lab samples, not real-time. Avoid bathing for 48 h after heavy rain.
Sewage & storm overflows
11 NI Water storm overflows within 1.2 mi — 6 rated Unsatisfactory.
Modelled~172 spills/yrNI Water's prediction, all 11 combined
Measured in 202573 spills154 h · 23 in the bathing season · 2 of 11 monitored
Nearest 11 overflows
| Overflow | Distance | Classification | Modelled spills/yr | Measured 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coneyisland Bay WwPS → South Down |
340 yd | To be Determined | — | — |
| Quay Lane CSO → Dundrum Bay Outer |
0.6 mi | To be Determined | — | — |
| Main Street Killough CSO → South Down |
0.8 mi | To be Determined | — | 48 spills 12 in season · 129 h |
| The Quay Ardglass CSO → South Down |
0.8 mi | Unsatisfactory | ~63 | — |
| Bath Street CSO → South Down/Dundrum Bay Outer |
0.9 mi | Unsatisfactory | ~54 | — |
| Ardglass Harbour CSO → South Down |
0.9 mi | Unsatisfactory | ~50 | — |
| Kildares Court CSO → Dundrum Bay Outer |
0.9 mi | Unsatisfactory | ~3 | — |
| Downpatrick Road WwPS → South Down |
0.9 mi | To be Determined | — | — |
| Seaview Strangford Road CSO → South Down |
1.0 mi | Unsatisfactory | ~1 | — |
| Ardglass Seaview WwPS → South Down |
1.0 mi | Unsatisfactory | ~1 | 25 spills 11 in season · 25 h |
| Killough FA CSO | 1.1 mi | To be Determined | — | — |
How these are counted
“Modelled” is NI Water's hydraulic-model prediction of spills per year. “Measured” is from NI Water's event duration monitors, counted with the industry 12/24 method (discharges within the same 12- or 24-hour block count as one spill); the bathing-season figure (1 Jun–15 Sep) is our count from NI Water's published discharge log. An overflow with no monitor isn't known to be dry. Classification is NI Water's own.
Nearest wastewater treatment works: Coneyisland WwTW (300 yd → Dundrum Bay Outer) · Killough WwTW (1.1 mi → South Down).
Amenities & features
Parking
4
Benches
3
Information
5
Bins
3
Boating — nearest harbours & marinas
- Killough 0.5 mi
- Ardglass 1.0 mi
- Strangford 8.6 mi
2 more further away
- Dundrum 8.7 mi
- Portaferry 8.9 mi
Wildlife & designations
This beach lies in or within 0.6 mi of:
- ASSI Killough Bay and Strand Lough
3 protected features
- Intertidal rock Favourable, 2021
- Intertidal mudflats and sandflats Favourable, 2021
- Saline lagoons Favourable, 2022
- SPA Killough Bay
1 protected feature · 1 Unfavourable
- Light-bellied Brent goose Unfavourable, 2018
- Ramsar Killough Bay
1 protected feature · 1 Unfavourable
- Light-bellied Brent goose Unfavourable, 2018
Protected features and their latest condition assessment, from DAERA's 2023 marine protected area review. Only sites with a marine part are assessed there.
Alerts & advisories
No advisories active for this beach today.