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Ferris Bay

Antrim Coast

Ferris 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 10°C Partly cloudy
Swell 0.4m period 3 s · N
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

9 NI Water storm overflows within 1.2 mi — 9 rated Unsatisfactory.

Modelled~101 spills/yrNI Water's prediction, all 9 combined
Measured in 2025233 spills865 h · 63 in the bathing season · 6 of 9 monitored
Nearest 9 overflows
OverflowDistanceClassificationModelled spills/yrMeasured 2025
Sandy Bay WwPS
→ Larne Lough North		 0.5 mi Unsatisfactory ~21 79 spills
18 in season · 314 h
Curran Road Loughview CSO
→ Larne Lough North		 0.5 mi Unsatisfactory ~15 92 spills
26 in season · 524 h
Larne Harbour WwPS
→ Glens and Rathlin		 0.6 mi Unsatisfactory ~1 —
Olderfleet Road WwPS
→ Glens and Rathlin		 0.8 mi Unsatisfactory — 2 spills
2 in season · <1 h
Coastguard Road WwPS
→ Glens and Rathlin		 0.9 mi Unsatisfactory ~1 2 spills
0 in season · <1 h
Larne Harbour Redlands Road WwPS
→ Glens and Rathlin		 1.1 mi Unsatisfactory ~31 0 spills
0 in season · 0 h
Larne FFT CSO 1.1 mi Unsatisfactory ~29 —
Kitsons Yard CSO
→ Glens and Rathlin		 1.2 mi Unsatisfactory ~2 —
Main Street Agnew CSO
→ Glens and Rathlin		 1.2 mi Unsatisfactory ~1 58 spills
17 in season · 27 h
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: Ferris Bay 50 ST (370 yd → Larne Lough) · Ballylumford Cottages ST (760 yd → Larne Lough).

Amenities & features

Parking 3
Picnic tables 2

Boating — nearest harbours & marinas

  • Ballylumford Harbour · Council · Mid and East Antrim 570 yd
  • Larne Port · Council · Mid and East Antrim 0.8 mi
  • Islandmagee Harbour · Unknown · Mid and East Antrim 2.2 mi
2 more further away
  • Whitehead Harbour · Unknown · Mid and East Antrim 7.3 mi
  • Unknown Harbour · Unknown · Mid and East Antrim 8.0 mi

Wildlife & designations

This beach lies in or within 0.6 mi of:

  • pSPA East Coast Marine proposed Special Protection Area, not yet classified
    7 proposed features
    • Great crested grebe
    • Red throated diver
    • Sandwich tern
    • Common tern
    • Arctic tern
    • Manx shearwater
    • Eider duck

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.