- Sea temp 12.5 °C surface, modelled
- Waves 0.4 m period 3 s · NE
- Wind 6 mph from N · gust 11
- Next tide High 04:43 today · 4.6 m
Minerstown is a coastal beach on the South Down coast. It is not a designated bathing water, so there is no routine water-quality monitoring here.
Conditions now
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: Killough WwTW (1.7 mi → South Down) · Coneyisland WwTW (2.2 mi → Dundrum Bay Outer).
Amenities & features
Boating — nearest harbours & marinas
- Killough 1.9 mi
- Ardglass 3.4 mi
- Dundrum 6.6 mi
2 more further away
- Newcastle 8.8 mi
- Strangford 10.3 mi
Wildlife & designations
This beach lies in or within 0.6 mi of:
- ASSI Ballycam
- ASSI St. John's Point
1 protected feature
- Intertidal rock Favourable, 2020
- ASSI Tyrella and Minerstown
3 protected features
- Intertidal rock Favourable, 2019
- Intertidal mudflats and sandflats Favourable, 2019
- Harbour seal Phoca vitulina Favourable, 2011
- SAC Lecale Fens
- SAC Murlough
3 protected features
- Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide Favourable, 2021
- Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time Favourable, 2016
- Harbour seal Phoca vitulina Favourable, 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.