During the 2011 bathing season, the quality of bathing waters was monitored in 2155 sampling points across the country, according to the principles and guidelines of JMD 8600/416/E103/2009.

Bathing water Profiles were prepared for all beaches where the Monitoring Programme applied. Neighbouring monitoring points of the same river basin, located at adjacent waters and with a common designation for the past 4 years, have been grouped and composed one single Profile.

The sum of 1,664 Bathing Water Profiles constitute the Registry of Bathing Water Profiles for the country (Coastal Map | Bathing water limits of profiles). The beaches are those included in the monitoring programme for the year 2023, which consists of 1,731 monitoring points (Point Map | Locations of sampling points).

The following tables show the monitoring points and bathing water Profiles by Region and Water District.

Table 1:Number of Monitoring sites and bathing water Profiles by Region for the 2023 bathing season

Table 2: Number of Monitoring sites and bathing water Profiles by Water District for the 2023 bathing season

Related Links for further Information

MEECC – Environment - Waters – Bathing coasts
MEECC – Environment - Waters – Bathing coasts – Institutional Framework
European Environment Agency  - Central Data Depository
European Environment Agency – Bathing water status