Bathing water quality in Martinique, France

Martinique has 62 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (59 coastal and 3 river). 46.8% were classified Excellent — 27.6 points below the 74.4% across France — and 1 was Poor. 19 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Qualité des eaux de baignade : Martinique

Sur 62 sites de baignade officiels de l’UE (Martinique), 46,8 % étaient « excellente » en 2025 ; sites classés « insuffisante » : 1.

Pointe Marin beach near Sainte-Anne, Martinique — Photo: Riba, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

official bathing waters

46.8%

Excellent in 2025

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.

Before you swim in Martinique

Ministry of Health and the Regional Health Agencies (ARS)

Bathing season in France: Set locally (typically mid-June – mid-September at sea, July – August inland). The national site shows current-season results, closures and pollution alerts in French, English and German.

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

baignades.sante.gouv.fr →

Map of official bathing waters in Martinique

Excellent 29Good 23Sufficient 9Poor 1

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.

Sea, lakes and rivers in Martinique

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water type	Sites	Excellent	Good	Sufficient	Poor	Not classified
Coastal	59	29 (49.2%)	21	9	0	0
River	3	0 (0%)	2	0	1	0

Coastal waters are assessed against stricter bacterial limits than lakes and rivers but are diluted far more; see how the classes are calculated.

Most consistent Excellent sites

19 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.

ANSE AZEROT 11 seasons
ANSE CERON : MILIEU PLAGE 11 seasons
ANSE COSMY : MILIEU PLAGE 11 seasons
ANSE COULEUVRE 11 seasons
ANSE MOUSTIQUE 11 seasons
ANSE TRABAUD : FACE ACCES 11 seasons
BAIE COCO 11 seasons
BAIE GRANJEAN 11 seasons
BAKOUA : MILIEU DE PLAGE 11 seasons
CAFARD : FACE ACCES 11 seasons
CAP MACRE : FACE AU BAR 11 seasons
CLUB MEDITERRANEE : PRES PONTON 11 seasons
CLUB NAUTIQUE 11 seasons
GDE ANSE SALINES:FACE LOCAL TOURISME 11 seasons
GRANDE ANSE:GAUCHE PONTON PREFET 11 seasons
ILET MADAME 11 seasons
POINTE BORGNESE : FACE CABANES 11 seasons
POINTE MARIN : FACE RESTAURANT TOULOULOU 11 seasons
SALINES : MILIEU TABLE DU DIABLE 11 seasons
ANSE-MITAN : FACE LOCATION DE PLANCHES 9 seasons
CAP CHEVALIER : MILIEU DE PLAGE 8 seasons
POINTE FAULA : FACE RESTAURANT 5 seasons
MERIDIEN : PLAGE PRES BAKOUA 2 seasons
ANSE L'ETANG : FACE ACCES PRINCIPAL 1 season

Rated Poor in 2025

For a Poor site the Bathing Water Directive requires management measures, including a bathing prohibition or advice against bathing, so check the authority before visiting.

AMONT DU STADE Poor in 7 of 11 classified seasons

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (7)

ANSE L'ETANG : FACE ACCES PRINCIPAL Good → Excellent
DESERT Good → Excellent
GRAND MACABOU Good → Excellent
GROS RAISIN : MILIEU PLAGE Good → Excellent
L'AUTRE BORD : FACE BORNE FONTAINE Good → Excellent
LA CHERY:PLAGE TI COCO NOVOTEL Good → Excellent
LES RAISINIERS : PRES CABANES PECHEURS Sufficient → Good

Declined (8)

ANSE CERON TAMARINIER Excellent → Good
ANSE MADAME (Plan d'eau) Excellent → Good
BATELIÈRE Good → Sufficient
BOURG : FACE EGLISE Excellent → Good
BOURG SHOELCHER : MILIEU PLAGE Excellent → Good
LA BRÊCHE Excellent → Good
PETIT MACABOU Excellent → Good
PONT DE L'ALMA Excellent → Good

How Martinique rated since 2015

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

Season	Classified	Excellent	Excellent share	Poor
2025	62	29	46.8%	1
2024	62	30	48.4%	1
2023	62	38	61.3%	1
2022	62	37	59.7%	1
2021	62	40	64.5%	1
2020	62	44	71%	1
2019	62	42	67.7%	1
2018	62	45	72.6%	0
2017	62	47	75.8%	0
2016	62	41	66.1%	1
2015	62	42	67.7%	0

All 62 official bathing waters in Martinique

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

Coastal 59 sites · 49.2% Excellent

ANSE A L'ANE - HOTEL FRANTOUR Good
ANSE A L'ANE - NID TROPICAL Sufficient
ANSE AZEROT Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ANSE BELLEVILLE TROU AU CHAT Sufficient
ANSE CERON : MILIEU PLAGE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ANSE CERON TAMARINIER Good Excellent → Good since 2024
ANSE COSMY : MILIEU PLAGE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ANSE COULEUVRE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ANSE DUFOUR Good
ANSE FIGUIER : MILIEU PLAGE Good
ANSE L'ETANG : FACE ACCES PRINCIPAL Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
ANSE MABOUYA : MILIEU PLAGE Sufficient
ANSE MADAME (Plan d'eau) Good Excellent → Good since 2024
ANSE MOUSTIQUE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ANSE NOIRE Good
ANSE TRABAUD : FACE ACCES Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ANSE TURIN : FACE ENTREE DU MUSEE Sufficient
ANSE-MITAN : FACE LOCATION DE PLANCHES Excellent Excellent 9 seasons in a row
BAIE COCO Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
BAIE GRANJEAN Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
BAKOUA : MILIEU DE PLAGE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
BATELIÈRE Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
BOURG : FACE EGLISE Good Excellent → Good since 2024
BOURG SHOELCHER : MILIEU PLAGE Good Excellent → Good since 2024
CAFARD : FACE ACCES Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
CAP CHEVALIER : MILIEU DE PLAGE Excellent Excellent 8 seasons in a row
CAP MACRE : FACE AU BAR Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
CARBET SUD Good
CARITAN : FACE HOTEL Good
CLUB MEDITERRANEE : PRES PONTON Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
CLUB NAUTIQUE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
CORPS DE GARDE : FACE RESTAURANT Good
DESERT Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
DIZAC : FACE CAMPING Good
FOND BANANE Good
FOND BOUCHER Sufficient
GDE ANSE SALINES:FACE LOCAL TOURISME Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
GRAND MACABOU Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
GRANDE ANSE:GAUCHE PONTON PREFET Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
GROS RAISIN : MILIEU PLAGE Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
ILET MADAME Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
L'AUTRE BORD : FACE BORNE FONTAINE Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
LA BRÊCHE Good Excellent → Good since 2024
LA CHARMEUSE Good
LA CHERY:PLAGE TI COCO NOVOTEL Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
LA FRANCAISE : MILIEU DE PLAGE Good
LA PAILLOTTE : AU DROIT DU MUSEE Good
LES RAISINIERS : PRES CABANES PECHEURS Good Sufficient → Good since 2024
LIDO : MILIEU DE PLAGE Sufficient
MADIANA Good
MERIDIEN : PLAGE PRES BAKOUA Excellent Excellent 2 seasons in a row
PETIT MACABOU Good Excellent → Good since 2024
PETITE ANSE : FACE MARIGOT Sufficient
POINTE BORGNESE : FACE CABANES Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
POINTE FAULA : FACE RESTAURANT Excellent Excellent 5 seasons in a row
POINTE MARIN : FACE RESTAURANT TOULOULOU Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SALINES : MILIEU TABLE DU DIABLE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
TARTANE BOURG Sufficient
VETIVER : FACE RESTAURANT EDF Good

River 3 sites · 0% Excellent · 1 Poor

AMONT DU STADE Poor Poor in 7 of 11 classified seasons
COEUR BOULIKI Good
PONT DE L'ALMA Good Excellent → Good since 2024

Compared with other regions in France

#	Region	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	419	82.1%	8
2	Pays de la Loire	200	81%	3
3	Grand Est	89	80.9%	2
4	Brittany	601	77.5%	10
5	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	77	76.6%	2
6	Occitanie	454	76.2%	13
7	Corsica	223	75.8%	20
8	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	284	75.4%	15
9	Centre-Val de Loire	43	74.4%	2
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	501	74.1%	12
11	Normandy	161	66.5%	5
12	La Réunion	26	65.4%	1
13	Guadeloupe	103	64.1%	3
14	Île-de-France	23	47.8%	7
15	Martinique	62	46.8%	1
16	Hauts-de-France	51	37.3%	2
17	Mayotte	21	28.6%	0

Regions 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 Martinique were rated Excellent in 2025?: 29 of 62 (46.8%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 23 were Good, 9 Sufficient and 1 Poor. That ranks Martinique 15 of 17 France regions by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Martinique have the best long-term record?: 19 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example ANSE AZEROT, ANSE CERON : MILIEU PLAGE, ANSE COSMY : MILIEU PLAGE. See the ranking.
Were any bathing waters in Martinique rated Poor?: Yes, 1: AMONT DU STADE.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?: On baignades.sante.gouv.fr (Ministry of Health and the Regional Health Agencies (ARS)). 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 France, 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 France. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.