- Sea temp 12.6 °C surface, modelled
- Waves 0.6 m period 3 s · N
- Wind 6 mph from N · gust 10
- Next tide High 04:48 today · 3.8 m
Port Kelly 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: Bar Hall WwTW (2.0 mi → Strangford Lough South) · Craigaroddan Road 6-8 ST (2.5 mi → Strangford).
Amenities & features
Boating — nearest harbours & marinas
- Portaferry 3.0 mi
- Strangford 3.1 mi
- Ardglass 7.1 mi
2 more further away
- Portavogie 8.3 mi
- Killough 8.4 mi
Wildlife & designations
This beach lies in or within 0.6 mi of:
- ASSI Ballyquintin Point
- ASSI Outer Ards
2 protected features
- Intertidal rock Favourable, 2020
- Intertidal mudflats and sandflats Favourable, 2021
- ASSI Strangford Lough Part 2
6 protected features · 2 Unfavourable
- Intertidal rock Favourable, 2019
- Intertidal mudflats and sandflats Favourable, 2021
- Harbour seal Phoca vitulina Unfavourable, 2021
- Arctic Tern Favourable, 2017
- Common Tern Unfavourable, 2018
- Bar-tailed Godwit Favourable, 2018
- SAC Strangford Lough
5 protected features · 2 Unfavourable
- Reefs Unfavourable, 2018
- Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide Favourable, 2021
- Large shallow inlets and bays Favourable, 2019
- Coastal lagoons Favourable, 2021
- Harbour seal Phoca vitulina Unfavourable, 2019
- SPA Outer Ards
5 protected features · 3 Unfavourable
- Arctic tern Favourable, 2017
- Golden plover Unfavourable, 2018
- Light-bellied Brent goose Favourable, 2018
- Turnstone Unfavourable, 2018
- Ringed plover Unfavourable, 2018
- SPA Strangford Lough
5 protected features · 3 Unfavourable
- Bar-tailed godwit Favourable, 2018
- Arctic tern Favourable, 2017
- Common tern Unfavourable, 2017
- Golden plover Unfavourable, 2018
- Knot Unfavourable, 2018
- 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
- Ramsar Outer Ards
6 protected features · 2 Unfavourable
- Arctic tern Favourable, 2017
- Golden plover Unfavourable, 2018
- Light-bellied Brent goose Favourable, 2018
- Turnstone not yet assessed
- Ringed plover Unfavourable, 2018
- Manx Shearwater not yet assessed
- Ramsar Strangford Lough
6 protected features
- Sandwich tern not yet assessed
- Light-bellied Brent goose not yet assessed
- Knot not yet assessed
- Common Redshank not yet assessed
- Common tern not yet assessed
- Overwintering waterfowl not yet assessed
- MCZ Strangford Lough
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.