Bathing water quality in Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie), Poland

Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) has 19 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (10 lake and 9 river). 26.3% were classified Excellent — 32.4 points below the 58.7% across Poland — and 2 were Poor.

Jakość wody w kąpieliskach: Świętokrzyskie

Spośród 19 oficjalnych kąpielisk UE (Świętokrzyskie) 26,3% miało w 2025 r. klasyfikację „doskonała”; liczba kąpielisk z oceną „niedostateczna”: 2.

official bathing waters

26.3%

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 Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie)

State Sanitary Inspection (GIS)

Bathing season in Poland: Set for each site by the municipality, within 1 June – 30 September. Municipal councils designate bathing sites; the service lists each one with its current assessment.

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

Serwis Kąpieliskowy (GIS) →

Map of official bathing waters in Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie)

Excellent 5Good 3Sufficient 1Poor 2Not classified 8

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.

Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) by subregion

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

2025 EEA classes by subregion
Subregion	Sites	Excellent	Good	Sufficient	Poor	Not classified
Kielecki	16	3 (18.8%)	3	1	2	7
Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski	3	2 (66.7%)	0	0	0	1

Sea, lakes and rivers in Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie)

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water type	Sites	Excellent	Good	Sufficient	Poor	Not classified
Lake	10	1 (10%)	3	1	2	3
River	9	4 (44.4%)	0	0	0	5

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

Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025.

SIELPIA 9 seasons · Kielecki
SĘDZISZÓW 8 seasons · Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski
KĄPIELISKO GOLEJÓW 1 season · Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski
KĄPIELISKO OŚRODKA SPORTU I REKREACJI W SUCHEDNIOWIE PRZY UL. OGRODOWEJ 11 1 season · Kielecki
Radoszyce 1 season · Kielecki

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.

BORKÓW Poor in 4 of 4 classified seasons · Kielecki
WILKÓW Poor in 3 of 3 classified seasons · Kielecki

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (3)

KĄPIELISKO GOLEJÓW Good → Excellent
KĄPIELISKO OŚRODKA SPORTU I REKREACJI W SUCHEDNIOWIE PRZY UL. OGRODOWEJ 11 Good → Excellent
STRAWCZYN Poor → Sufficient

Declined (1)

OŚRODEK WYPOCZYNKOWY GUTWIN Excellent → Good

How Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) 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	11	5	45.5%	2
2024	11	4	36.4%	2
2023	12	4	33.3%	2
2022	12	4	33.3%	3
2021	6	3	50%	0
2020	5	2	40%	0
2019	5	2	40%	0
2018	4	2	50%	0
2017	4	2	50%	0
2016	5	1	20%	0
2015	4	0	0%	0

All 19 official bathing waters in Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie)

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

Download all 19 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Kielecki 16 sites · 18.8% Excellent · 2 Poor

Andrzejówka · Chmielnik Not classified
BORKÓW · Daleszyce Poor Poor in 4 of 4 classified seasons
Cedzyna Wschód · Masłów Not classified
Cedzyna Zachód · Domaszowice Not classified
KĄPIELISKO BLIŻYN Not classified
KĄPIELISKO OŚRODKA SPORTU I REKREACJI W SUCHEDNIOWIE PRZY UL. OGRODOWEJ 11 · Suchedniów Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
Kąpielisko strzeżone Zalew Rejów · Skarżysko-Kamienna Not classified
Lubianka · Starachowice Not classified
MORAWICA Good
OŚRODEK WYPOCZYNKOWY GUTWIN · Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Good Excellent → Good since 2024
PIACHY · Starachowice Good
Radoszyce Excellent
SIELPIA Excellent Excellent 9 seasons in a row
STRAWCZYN Sufficient Poor → Sufficient since 2024
WILKÓW Poor Poor in 3 of 3 classified seasons
Źródlana Wyspa · Bałtów Not classified

Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski 3 sites · 66.7% Excellent

KĄPIELISKO GOLEJÓW · Rytwiany Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
Radzanów · Busko-Zdrój Not classified
SĘDZISZÓW Excellent Excellent 8 seasons in a row

Compared with other voivodeships in Poland

#	Voivodeship	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Kuyavia-Pomerania	41	75.6%	0
2	Pomerania	150	72.7%	0
3	Warmia-Masuria	56	66.1%	0
4	Greater Poland	109	65.1%	0
5	Lublin	39	61.5%	4
6	West Pomerania	147	61.2%	0
7	Opole	15	60%	0
8	Lubusz	36	55.6%	0
9	Lower Silesia	23	52.2%	0
10	Silesia	26	46.2%	1
11	Masovia (outside Warsaw)	31	38.7%	1
12	Łódź	24	33.3%	4
13	Podlaskie	21	28.6%	0
14	Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie)	19	26.3%	2
15	Lesser Poland	20	20%	2

Voivodeships 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 Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) were rated Excellent in 2025?: 5 of 19 (26.3%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 3 were Good, 1 Sufficient and 2 Poor, and 8 had no class. That ranks Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) 14 of 15 Poland voivodeships by Excellent share.
Which beaches and lakes in Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) have the best long-term record?: The longest current Excellent run is 9 seasons (SIELPIA).
Were any bathing waters in Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) rated Poor?: Yes, 2: BORKÓW, WILKÓW.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?: On Serwis Kąpieliskowy (GIS) (State Sanitary Inspection (GIS)). 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 Poland, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and subregion 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 Poland. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.