Rossnowlagh

Water temp(satellite):
8.0°C
2025-01-16

Rossnowlagh is in the county of Donegal. During the bathing season, a life guard is on duty. There are toilets and a parking lot near the beach. Dogs must be kept on a leash at all times. Improved accessibility for people with disabilities. Beach wheelchair is available. Rossnowlagh Beach wheelchair is available from the Sandhouse Hotel and Marine Spa. Tel: +353 (0) 71 9851777 or email info@sandhouse.ie
Rossnowlagh is a west-facing sandy beach located in Donegal Bay SPA. Its landscape is defined by the Coolmore cliffs to the South and Inishfad at Durnesh Lake to the North. It offers a diverse range of wildlife, including birds and seals. Visitors can enjoy a variety of activities such as swimming, kayaking, surfing, sailing, diving, and land-based activities. The designated bathing area covers 0.9054km2, with over 2150m of coastline. The water depth slopes gradually, reaching one meter approximately 20m from the water line.
Facilities: Parking is available in two car parks behind the beach and some parking is allowed on Rossnowlagh Beach outside the car free zone which is delineated with buoys, toilets (seasonal), information boards, recycling, refuse bins. There are two lifeguard stations (seasonal) along the beach. During the lifeguarded periods, extra facilities provided by the lifeguards include: emergency information, telephone access, first aid equipment and rescue equipment. There are a number of mobile vendors in the area during the summer and there is a shop and a surf shop behind the beach front. The Sand House Hotel also stands along the beach front between the lifeguard stations. Visitor Numbers: Visitor numbers to the beach vary throughout the season. The maximum number of visitors to the beach during a high season day has been estimated at approximately 4,000 people with a large proportion if users using the water for surfing and a variety of recreational water sports. Throughout the season approximately 75,000 people have been estimated to visit the beach. Visitor numbers are representative of the visitors recorded by the lifeguards that are on duty during the bathing season. Activities: Activities at Rossnowlagh beach include swimming, kayaking, boating, windsurfing, sailing, surfing, power boating and jet skiing (outside the designated area which is defined in the Maritime Craft Bye Laws), diving and other land based activities on the beach. A number of surf schools use the beach, especially during the summer period.
Rossnowlagh (Ros Neamhlach) Beach is located on the South Coast of Donegal, approximately 6 km from Ballintra and Ballyshannon. The beach is situated in a rural area and not directly beside any towns or villagesbut has become built up with an extensive network of houses and caravan parks. It is located in the Donegal Bay (Erne) Coastal waterbody (NW_010_0000) within the North Western River Basin District. The designated bathing area is approx. 0.9054km2 and the extent along the water is approximately is 2150m
: Rossnowlagh beach consists of a long sandy beachconfined by the Coolmore cliffs to the South and extends up to Inishfad at Durnesh Lake to the North. The Bay is West facing into the Atlantic Ocean and gets a strong wash of water from the Atlantic onto the beach.

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2°C	2022-01-05

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