Dugort Beach, Achill Island
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Dugort Beach, Achill Island is a beach in the county of Mayo. During bathing season, a lifeguard is on duty. The beach is equipped with toilets and a parking lot. Dogs must be kept on a leash. Enhanced accessibility for disabled persons.
Silver Strand is a small beach situated about 3 Km east of Doogort village in Achill Island, with a designated bathing area spanning 150m at its west end. The beach stretches over 500m and faces north, bordered by a road leading to Seal Caves on the west and a low headland on the east. The beach is separated from the public road by a spacious grassy area and sand dunes. The bathing area is 2.25km wide and the water covers approximately 0.78km2.
The beach is used by limited numbers of surfers, canoeists, snorkeling, power boating, water skiing and sailing.
This beach is located approximately 3 km east of Doogort village in Achill Island. The Designated Bathing Area (DBA) of Silver Strand is small, 150m long, set at the western end of a north facing medium sized beach approximately 500m long. There is a large grassy area between the beach and the public road and the sand dunes form a visible barrier between this and the beach itself. This beach is a designated Blue Flag since 1991.
This beach has a very gentle gradient to the water with a very clean untroubled appearance. A small stream at the western extremity of the bathing area occasionally gives rise to a rip tide, which may under some tidal conditions move, laterally along the beach before heading out to sea.
Please help the next visitor by writing a few lines about the beach, are there toilets? Is it shallow? Is there a jetty or maybe a kiosk?
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