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Bathing water quality in Burgas Province, Bulgaria

Burgas Province has 49 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all coastal. 98% were classified Excellent — 1.1 points above the 96.9% across Bulgaria — and 0 were Poor. 16 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Beach at Chernomorets on the Black Sea, Burgas Province
Photo: Ivan Samardzhiev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
49

official bathing waters

98%

Excellent in 2025

0

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.
Before you swim in Burgas Province

Ministry of Health and the Regional Health Inspectorates (RZI)

Bathing season in Bulgaria: Set for each area by the regional health inspectorate. Per-beach results and bans are posted on the regional inspectorate websites (e.g. Varna, Burgas).

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

Bathing-water register (Ministry of Health) →

Map of official bathing waters in Burgas Province

Excellent 48Good 1Poor 0
БУРГАС-ПЛАЖ ЧЕРНОМОРСКИ СОЛНИЦИ: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ РОСЕНЕЦ-СЕВЕР: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ ИРАКЛИ: Excellent (2025)В.С. ЕЛЕНИТЕ: Excellent (2025)СЛЪНЧЕВ БРЯГ-ХОТЕЛ ГЛОБУС: Excellent (2025)РАВДА-ПЛАЖ НДК: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ ЗЛАТНА РИБКА: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ СМОКИНИ: Excellent (2025)КИТЕН-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ПОПСКИ ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)СВЕТИ ВЛАС-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)СЛЪНЧЕВ БРЯГ-ХОТЕЛ ВИКТОРИЯ ПАЛАС: Excellent (2025)ОБЗОР-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)РАВДА-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ПОМОРИЕ-ИЗТОЧЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ЧЕРНОМОРЕЦ-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН МЛАДЕЖКИ ЦЕНТЪР: Excellent (2025)НЕСЕБЪР-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)БУРГАС-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)КВ. КРАЙМОРИЕ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)АХТОПОЛ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ЛОЗЕНЕЦ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ ЮГ: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ ОАЗИС: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ-УСТИЕ НА РЕКА ВЕЛЕКА: Excellent (2025)СЛЪНЧЕВ БРЯГ-ХОТЕЛ БУРГАС: Excellent (2025)КИТЕН-СЕВЕРЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ АРАПЯ: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ АРКУТИНО: Excellent (2025)КВ. САРАФОВО-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)БУРГАС-СЕВЕРЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ЦАРЕВО-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ БУТАМЯТА: Excellent (2025)ОБЗОР-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ АХЕЛОЙ: Excellent (2025)ПОМОРИЕ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ПРИМОРСКО-СЕВЕРЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)ПРИМОРСКО-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ НЕСТИНАРКА: Excellent (2025)СОЗОПОЛ-ПЛАЖ ХАРМАНИТЕ: Excellent (2025)В.С. ДЮНИ: Excellent (2025)В.С. ДЮНИ-ЮГ: Excellent (2025)СИЛИСТАР: Excellent (2025)СВЕТИ ВЛАС-ПЛАЖ СПЕЦИАЛИЗИРАНА БОЛНИЦА: Excellent (2025)ПЛАЖ АКАДЕМИК: Excellent (2025)ПОМОРИЕ-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)СОЗОПОЛ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Excellent (2025)КЪМПИНГ ГРАДИНА: Excellent (2025)ЧЕРНОМОРЕЦ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ: Good (2025)Varna ProvinceHaskovoSlivenTargovishteYambolShumen
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

Most consistent Excellent sites

16 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown and every site is in the full list below.

  1. БУРГАС-ПЛАЖ ЧЕРНОМОРСКИ СОЛНИЦИ 11 seasons
  2. В.С. ДЮНИ 11 seasons
  3. В.С. ДЮНИ-ЮГ 11 seasons
  4. КИТЕН-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ 11 seasons
  5. КЪМПИНГ АХЕЛОЙ 11 seasons
  6. КЪМПИНГ СМОКИНИ 11 seasons
  7. КЪМПИНГ ЮГ 11 seasons
  8. МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН МЛАДЕЖКИ ЦЕНТЪР 11 seasons
  9. НЕСЕБЪР-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ 11 seasons
  10. ПЛАЖ АРКУТИНО 11 seasons
  11. ПОМОРИЕ-ИЗТОЧЕН ПЛАЖ 11 seasons
  12. ПОМОРИЕ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ 11 seasons
  13. ПОМОРИЕ-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ 11 seasons
  14. РАВДА-ПЛАЖ НДК 11 seasons
  15. СИЛИСТАР 11 seasons
  16. СОЗОПОЛ-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ 11 seasons
  17. ПЛАЖ ИРАКЛИ 10 seasons
  18. БУРГАС-ЦЕНТРАЛЕН ПЛАЖ 9 seasons
  19. КЪМПИНГ ОАЗИС 9 seasons
  20. СЛЪНЧЕВ БРЯГ-ХОТЕЛ ВИКТОРИЯ ПАЛАС 9 seasons
  21. БУРГАС-СЕВЕРЕН ПЛАЖ 8 seasons
  22. КИТЕН-СЕВЕРЕН ПЛАЖ 8 seasons
  23. КЪМПИНГ ГРАДИНА 8 seasons
  24. ОБЗОР-ЮЖЕН ПЛАЖ 8 seasons

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 49 official bathing waters in Burgas Province was classified Poor in 2025.

How Burgas Province rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
2025494898%0
2024494898%0
20234949100%0
20224949100%0
20214949100%0
2020484389.6%0
2019484185.4%0
2018473063.8%0
2017472348.9%0
2016472859.6%0
2015473063.8%1

Places with the most bathing waters in Burgas Province

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 12 places by number of official bathing waters
PlaceSitesExcellentPoor
Sozopol55 (100%)0
Sveti Vlas55 (100%)0
Tsarevo55 (100%)0
Burgas44 (100%)0
Kiten44 (100%)0
Primorsko44 (100%)0
Chernomorets43 (75%)0
Ahtopol33 (100%)0
Obzor33 (100%)0
Pomorie33 (100%)0
Ravda33 (100%)0
Nesebar22 (100%)0

All 49 official bathing waters in Burgas Province

Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 49 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Coastal 49 sites · 98% Excellent

Compared with other provinces in Bulgaria

#ProvinceSitesExcellentPoor
1Dobrich Province20100%0
2Burgas Province4998%0
3Varna Province2391.3%0

Provinces with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Burgas Province were rated Excellent in 2025?
48 of 49 (98%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 1 were Good, 0 Sufficient and 0 Poor. That ranks Burgas Province 2 of 3 Bulgaria provinces by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Burgas Province have the best long-term record?
16 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example БУРГАС-ПЛАЖ ЧЕРНОМОРСКИ СОЛНИЦИ, В.С. ДЮНИ, В.С. ДЮНИ-ЮГ. See the ranking.
Which places in Burgas Province have the most official bathing waters?
Sozopol (5, 100% Excellent), Sveti Vlas (5, 100% Excellent), Tsarevo (5, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Burgas Province rated Poor?
No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Bathing-water register (Ministry of Health) (Ministry of Health and the Regional Health Inspectorates (RZI)). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Bulgaria, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Bulgaria. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.