Bathing water quality in Mayotte, France

Mayotte has 21 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all coastal. 28.6% were classified Excellent — 45.8 points below the 74.4% across France — and 0 were Poor. 2 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Qualité des eaux de baignade : Mayotte

Sur 21 sites de baignade officiels de l’UE (Mayotte), 28,6 % étaient « excellente » en 2025 ; sites classés « insuffisante » : 0.

Musical Plage beach, Mayotte — Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

official bathing waters

28.6%

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 Mayotte

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 Mayotte

Excellent 6Good 13Sufficient 2Poor 0

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

2 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025.

BANDRAKOUNI 11 seasons
N'GOUJA 11 seasons
TANARAKI 5 seasons
LE FARE 4 seasons
MOYA 4 seasons
BAMBO OUEST 3 seasons

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 21 official bathing waters in Mayotte was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (5)

BADAMIER Sufficient → Good
JIVA Sufficient → Good
LONGONI Sufficient → Good
MGOMBANI Poor → Sufficient
MGOUEDAJOU Sufficient → Good

Declined (0)

None.

How Mayotte 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	21	6	28.6%	0
2024	21	6	28.6%	1
2023	21	9	42.9%	0
2022	21	7	33.3%	1
2021	21	6	28.6%	1
2020	21	8	38.1%	1
2019	21	7	33.3%	0
2018	21	8	38.1%	0
2017	21	10	47.6%	0
2016	21	8	38.1%	1
2015	21	15	71.4%	1

All 21 official bathing waters in Mayotte

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

Coastal 21 sites · 28.6% Excellent

BADAMIER Good Sufficient → Good since 2024
BAMBO OUEST Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row
BANDRAKOUNI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
DZONA Good
GITE HAGNOUNDROU Good
ILONI Good
JIVA Good Sufficient → Good since 2024
LE FARE Excellent Excellent 4 seasons in a row
LE PENDU Good
LE POULPE Good
LES 3 BAOBABS Good
LONGONI Good Sufficient → Good since 2024
MGOMBANI Sufficient Poor → Sufficient since 2024
MGOUEDAJOU Good Sufficient → Good since 2024
MLIHA Good
MOYA Excellent Excellent 4 seasons in a row
MUSICAL PLAGE Good
N'GOUJA Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SAKOULI Sufficient
TAHITI PLAGE Good
TANARAKI Excellent Excellent 5 seasons in a row

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 Mayotte were rated Excellent in 2025?: 6 of 21 (28.6%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 13 were Good, 2 Sufficient and 0 Poor. That ranks Mayotte 17 of 17 France regions by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Mayotte have the best long-term record?: 2 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example BANDRAKOUNI, N'GOUJA, TANARAKI. See the ranking.
Were any bathing waters in Mayotte rated Poor?: No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
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.