NI Beaches

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Doon Bay

Antrim Coast

Doon Bay is a coastal beach on the Antrim Coast coast. It is not a designated bathing water, so there is no routine water-quality monitoring here.

Conditions now

Air 8°C Clear
Swell 1.1m period 7 s · NW
Rain 0mm last 48 hours
Rip currents on surf beaches

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

No NI Water storm overflow mapped within 1.2 mi. Most of NI's overflows have no spill monitor, so this isn't the same as “no spills”.

Nearest wastewater treatment works: Rathlin Island WwTW (1.4 mi → Rathlin Island) · Ballycastle WwTW (4.2 mi → North Coast).

Amenities & features

Picnic tables 1
Benches 1

Boating — nearest harbours & marinas

  • Rathlin Harbour · Council · Causeway Coast & Glens 1.5 mi
  • Ballycastle Harbour · Council · Causeway Coast & Glens 4.9 mi
  • Ballintoy Harbour · Council · Causeway Coast & Glens 7.6 mi
2 more further away
  • Portbradden Harbour · Unknown · Causeway Coast & Glens 9.5 mi
  • Dunseverick Harbour · Council · Causeway Coast & Glens 10.0 mi

Wildlife & designations

This beach lies in or within 0.6 mi of:

  • ASSI Rathlin Island - Coast
    1 protected feature
    • Intertidal rock Favourable, 2008
  • SAC Rathlin Island
    3 protected features · 2 Unfavourable
    • Reefs Unfavourable, 2019
    • Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time Unfavourable, 2019
    • Submerged or partially submerged sea caves Favourable, 2005
  • SPA Rathlin Island
    4 protected features
    • Common guillemot Favourable, 2021
    • Razorbill Favourable, 2021
    • Black-legged Kittiwake Favourable, 2021
    • Breeding Seabird assemblage Favourable, 2021
  • MCZ Rathlin
    3 protected features
    • Deep-sea bed Favourable, 2019
    • Black guillemot Favourable, 2023
    • Features indicating past change in relative sea level Favourable, 2014

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

Rip currents on surf beaches

The open Atlantic strands generate strong rip currents, particularly around low tide and after big swell. Swim between the red-and-yellow flags at lifeguarded beaches in season, never alone, and if caught in a rip do not swim against it: raise a hand, float, and let it carry you out until it releases.