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Bathing water quality in Sicily, Italy

Sicily has 783 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all coastal. 84.7% were classified Excellent — 5.1 points below the 89.8% across Italy — and 11 were Poor. By province, the Excellent share is highest in Caltanissetta (100% of 16) and lowest in Catania (69.4% of 49). 476 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Qualità delle acque di balneazione: Sicilia

Su 783 acque di balneazione ufficiali UE in Sicilia, nel 2025 il 84,7% era «eccellente»; acque classificate «scarsa»: 11.

Coast of Taormina and Giardini Naxos, Sicily
Photo: Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
783

official bathing waters

84.7%

Excellent in 2025

11

Poor in 2025

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

Ministry of Health, the Regions, ARPA agencies and municipalities

Bathing season in Italy: Set by each Region. Municipalities issue bathing bans; the portal shows each site’s classification and any current ban.

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

Portale Acque (Ministry of Health) →

Map of official bathing waters in Sicily

Excellent 663Good 63Sufficient 18Poor 11Not classified 28
MessinaPalermoSiracusaAgrigentoTrapaniRagusaCatania
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating. 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.

Sicily by province

Sites are placed in the Eurostat NUTS 3 provinces that contain their reported coordinates.

2025 EEA classes by province
ProvinceSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Messina261211 (80.8%)215618
Palermo10979 (72.5%)24411
Siracusa109103 (94.5%)6000
Agrigento9493 (98.9%)1000
Trapani8469 (82.1%)2409
Ragusa6158 (95.1%)1020
Catania4934 (69.4%)8520
Caltanissetta1616 (100%)0000

Most consistent Excellent sites

476 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. 100 M DX FOCE DEL FIUME MAGAZZOLO 11 seasons · Agrigento
  2. 100 M DX FOCE TORRENTE MULE' 11 seasons · Agrigento
  3. 100 M DX FOCE TORRENTE RE 11 seasons · Agrigento
  4. 100 M SX FOCE TORRENTE MULE' 11 seasons · Agrigento
  5. 100 M SX FOCE TORRENTE RE 11 seasons · Agrigento
  6. 100 MT SX FOCE DEL FIUME MAGAZZOLO 11 seasons · Agrigento
  7. 100 MT. OVEST CASTELLO DI SOLANTO 11 seasons · Palermo
  8. 150 MT A EST - TONNARA DI BONAGIA 11 seasons · Trapani
  9. 150 MT SUD TORRE MARAUSA - S.FRANCESCO 11 seasons · Trapani
  10. 200 M SX FOCE DEL FIUME PALMA 11 seasons · Agrigento
  11. 200 MT DX CAMPING 11 seasons · Agrigento
  12. 200 MT EST FOCE TORRENTE CALATUBO 11 seasons · Palermo
  13. 200 MT SX MIRAMARE 11 seasons · Agrigento
  14. 200 MT. NORD SCARICO ENEL 11 seasons · Siracusa
  15. 200 MT. OVEST FOCE FIUME POLLINA 11 seasons · Palermo
  16. 2000 MT. EST PUNTO 046 11 seasons · Trapani
  17. 200MT SUD FARO S.CROCE 11 seasons · Siracusa
  18. 250 MT A DX FIUME PALMA 11 seasons · Agrigento
  19. 3 FONTANE (LATO EST) - KARTIBUBBO 11 seasons · Trapani
  20. 300 M SX FOCE DEL FIUME SALSO 11 seasons · Agrigento
  21. 800 MT AD EST HOTEL CAPO SAN VITO 11 seasons · Trapani
  22. A DESTRA 'LIDO OTELLO' 11 seasons · Ragusa
  23. ACQUALADRONI PIAZZETTA VIA LUNGOMARE 11 seasons · Messina
  24. ADDAURA - COMPLESSO LA MARSA 11 seasons · Palermo

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.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (57)

Declined (18)

How Sicily rated since 2015

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

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
202575566387.8%11
202475864084.4%10
202376065886.6%7
202275562182.3%11
202175560980.7%18
202075461080.9%16
201974061883.5%11
201874763084.3%7
201773865188.2%3
201673668292.7%3
201575070493.9%3

Places with the most bathing waters in Sicily

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 15 places by number of official bathing waters
PlaceProvinceSitesExcellentPoor
PachinoSiracusa1817 (94.4%)0
SferracavalloPalermo179 (52.9%)0
MilazzoMessina1614 (87.5%)0
AvolaSiracusa1510 (66.7%)0
CarrozziereSiracusa1313 (100%)0
CassibileSiracusa1313 (100%)0
Portopalo di Capo PasseroSiracusa1313 (100%)0
ScoglittiRagusa1312 (92.3%)1
FavignanaTrapani1212 (100%)0
PozzalloRagusa1212 (100%)0
SciaccaAgrigento1212 (100%)0
LipariMessina119 (81.8%)0
Palma di MontechiaroAgrigento1010 (100%)0
TaorminaMessina1010 (100%)0
Faro SuperioreMessina109 (90%)0

All 783 official bathing waters in Sicily

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

Download all 783 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Messina 261 sites · 80.8% Excellent · 6 Poor
Palermo 109 sites · 72.5% Excellent · 1 Poor
Siracusa 109 sites · 94.5% Excellent
Agrigento 94 sites · 98.9% Excellent
Trapani 84 sites · 82.1% Excellent
Ragusa 61 sites · 95.1% Excellent · 2 Poor
Catania 49 sites · 69.4% Excellent · 2 Poor
Caltanissetta 16 sites · 100% Excellent

Compared with other regions in Italy

#RegionSitesExcellentPoor
1Umbria21100%0
2Apulia67699.9%0
3Friuli-Venezia Giulia6698.5%0
4Sardinia66496.8%1
5Basilicata6096.7%0
6Veneto17493.1%0
7Trentino4092.5%0
8Lazio40592.1%0
9Marche25491.7%1
10Tuscany37888.9%4
11Molise3588.6%0
12Calabria64988.1%17
13Campania32886.9%14
14Lombardy27385.7%5
15Sicily78384.7%11
16Liguria40783.8%9
17Abruzzo12180.2%8
18Emilia-Romagna9878.6%0
19Piedmont9062.2%2

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 Sicily were rated Excellent in 2025?
663 of 783 (84.7%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 63 were Good, 18 Sufficient and 11 Poor, and 28 had no class. That ranks Sicily 15 of 19 Italy regions by Excellent share.
Which province of Sicily has the highest share of Excellent sites?
Caltanissetta: 100% of its 16 sites were Excellent in 2025. Agrigento follows with 98.9%. Only provinces with at least five sites are compared; see the full table.
Which beaches in Sicily have the best long-term record?
476 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example 100 M DX FOCE DEL FIUME MAGAZZOLO, 100 M DX FOCE TORRENTE MULE', 100 M DX FOCE TORRENTE RE. See the ranking.
Which places in Sicily have the most official bathing waters?
Pachino (18, 94.4% Excellent), Sferracavallo (17, 52.9% Excellent), Milazzo (16, 87.5% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Sicily rated Poor?
Yes, 11: ACITREZZA-IMMIS.P.VECCHIO V.MARINA250M N, STAZIONE FF.SS., VIA MESSINA MARINE N.C. 328, FOCE TORRENTE ZAPPULLA and 7 more.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Portale Acque (Ministry of Health) (Ministry of Health, the Regions, ARPA agencies and municipalities). 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 Italy, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and province 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 Italy. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.