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Bathing water quality in Skåne County, Sweden

Skåne County has 86 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (79 coastal and 7 lake). 75.6% were classified Excellent — 2.1 points below the 77.7% across Sweden — and 1 was Poor. 10 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Badvattenkvalitet i Skåne län

Av 86 officiella EU-badplatser i Skåne län var 75,6 % ”utmärkt” 2025; antal badplatser med ”dålig”: 1.

86

official bathing waters

75.6%

Excellent in 2025

1

Poor in 2025

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

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) and the municipalities

Bathing season in Sweden: Set by county (for example 21 June – 20 August in the south-west). Municipalities enter results directly into Badplatsen, the national source for all EU bathing sites.

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

Badplatsen (HaV) →

Map of official bathing waters in Skåne County

Excellent 65Good 12Sufficient 5Poor 1Not classified 3
LJUNGSKOGENS STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025)LÅNGA BRYGGAN I BJÄRRED: Excellent (2025)MOSSBYLUND: Excellent (2025)MOSSBYSTRAND: Excellent (2025)Ivösjön, Strandängen: Excellent (2025)OSBYSJÖN, EBBARPS CAMPING: Excellent (2025)HJÄRTASJÖBADET: Excellent (2025)SKANSENBADET, BÅSTAD HAMN: Excellent (2025)ESKILSTORPS STRAND: Excellent (2025)RÅÅ VALLAR: Excellent (2025)ARILD, KALLBADHUSET: Excellent (2025)RYSSVÄGEN: Excellent (2025)Hillevägens badplats: Excellent (2025)JULEBODA BADPLATS: Excellent (2025)SKEPPARP: Excellent (2025)Gyllebosjön: Excellent (2025)TOREKOVS STRAND: Excellent (2025)LARÖDBADEN: Excellent (2025)MÖLLE, RANSVIK: Excellent (2025)ÄSPÖ: Excellent (2025)STENSHUVUD: Excellent (2025)FALSTERBO STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025)BARSEBÄCKSTRAND: Excellent (2025)HABO LJUNGS CAMPING: Excellent (2025)RIBERSBORG, KALLBADHUSET: Excellent (2025)DOMSTEN: Excellent (2025)VIKENS HAVSBAD: Excellent (2025)PÄRLAN: Excellent (2025)RIGELEJE BADPLATS: Excellent (2025)VITEMÖLLA: Excellent (2025)MÄLARHUSEN: Excellent (2025)KÄMPINGE STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025)BINGSMARKEN: Excellent (2025)MORGONBRYGGAN, TOREKOVS HAMN: Excellent (2025)GLIMMINGE STRAND: Excellent (2025)SIBBARPS KALLBADHUS: Excellent (2025)HITTARP: Excellent (2025)FARHULTSBADEN: Excellent (2025)SANDHAMMAREN: Excellent (2025)NYBROSTRAND: Excellent (2025)SALTSJÖBADEN: Excellent (2025)MALENS HAVSBAD: Excellent (2025)RYDEBÄCK: Excellent (2025)MÖLLE, SOLVIKEN: Excellent (2025)Åhusbryggans badplats: Excellent (2025)VEJBYSTRAND S: Excellent (2025)DALABADET: Excellent (2025)Viks fiskeläge: Excellent (2025)Lursjöns badplats, Hästveda: Excellent (2025)BARSEBÄCKSHAMN: Excellent (2025)VESLJUNGASJÖN: Excellent (2025)SCANIABADPLATSEN: Excellent (2025)BORSTAHUSEN, PIREN: Excellent (2025)LILL-OLAS: Excellent (2025)JÄRNVÄGSMÄNNENS BRYGGA: Excellent (2025)YNGSJÖ HAVSBAD: Excellent (2025)SKANÖRS HAVSBAD: Excellent (2025)Ivösjön, Korsholmen: Excellent (2025)KLAGSHAMNS BADPLATS: Excellent (2025)Sundspromenaden: Excellent (2025)ÅLABODARNA: Excellent (2025)HÖGANÄS, KVICKBADET: Excellent (2025)HÖGANÄS, MARGRETEBERG: Excellent (2025)SNICKARHAKENS BADPLATS: Excellent (2025)NYAGROPENS BADPLATS: Excellent (2025)Norreborg: Not classified (2025)Yttre Barnviken, Sibbarp: Not classified (2025)Öresunds Funkis: Not classified (2025)BORSTAHUSEN, STRANDBYN: Good (2025)SIBIRIEN: Good (2025)SEGELSTORPS STRAND: Good (2025)GISLÖVS STRANDMARK: Good (2025)Baskemölla: Good (2025)RÅBOCKA: Good (2025)SKÅRE SKANSAR: Good (2025)SKATEHOLM: Good (2025)KYHL, BORRBY STRAND: Good (2025)HAMNHUSEN, T-BRYGGAN: Good (2025)LOMMA NORRA: Good (2025)KYRKBACKEN: Good (2025)ÖRBY ÄNGAR: Sufficient (2025)Tallbacken: Sufficient (2025)STORAHULTS STRAND: Sufficient (2025)TOBISVIK, STRANDEN: Sufficient (2025)FRIA BAD: Sufficient (2025)VIKINGSTRAND: Poor (2025)Halland CountyBlekinge CountyKronoberg County
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 Skåne County

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water typeSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Coastal7958 (73.4%)12513
Lake77 (100%)0000

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

10 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. Åhusbryggans badplats 11 seasons
  2. HABO LJUNGS CAMPING 11 seasons
  3. Hillevägens badplats 11 seasons
  4. JULEBODA BADPLATS 11 seasons
  5. LÅNGA BRYGGAN I BJÄRRED 11 seasons
  6. LILL-OLAS 11 seasons
  7. NYAGROPENS BADPLATS 11 seasons
  8. RIGELEJE BADPLATS 11 seasons
  9. RYDEBÄCK 11 seasons
  10. YNGSJÖ HAVSBAD 11 seasons
  11. STENSHUVUD 10 seasons
  12. ÄSPÖ 9 seasons
  13. MÄLARHUSEN 9 seasons
  14. SNICKARHAKENS BADPLATS 9 seasons
  15. ARILD, KALLBADHUSET 8 seasons
  16. BARSEBÄCKSTRAND 8 seasons
  17. FALSTERBO STRANDBAD 8 seasons
  18. HÖGANÄS, KVICKBADET 8 seasons
  19. KÄMPINGE STRANDBAD 8 seasons
  20. LJUNGSKOGENS STRANDBAD 8 seasons
  21. MÖLLE, SOLVIKEN 8 seasons
  22. MOSSBYLUND 8 seasons
  23. NYBROSTRAND 8 seasons
  24. RYSSVÄGEN 8 seasons

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 (9)

Declined (12)

How Skåne County rated since 2015

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

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
2025836578.3%1
2024806480%2
2023795974.7%8
2022755168%8
2021734967.1%10
2020755573.3%8
2019764761.8%3
2018743750%1
2017722636.1%1
2016734663%2
2015734156.2%3

Places with the most bathing waters in Skåne County

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
PlaceSitesExcellentPoor
Skivarp43 (75%)0
Rydebäck42 (50%)0
Åhus33 (100%)0
Båstad33 (100%)0
Hittarp33 (100%)0
Malmö33 (100%)0
Torekov33 (100%)0
Höganäs32 (66.7%)0
Lomma31 (33.3%)0
Simrishamn31 (33.3%)0
Vejbystrand31 (33.3%)0
Bromölla22 (100%)0
Glumslöv22 (100%)0
Jonstorp22 (100%)0
Köpingebro22 (100%)0

All 86 official bathing waters in Skåne County

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

Coastal 79 sites · 73.4% Excellent · 1 Poor
Lake 7 sites · 100% Excellent

Compared with other counties in Sweden

#CountySitesExcellentPoor
1Blekinge County1788.2%1
2Jönköping County1586.7%0
3Kalmar County3686.1%0
4Värmland County2185.7%0
5Västra Götaland County8876.1%1
6Skåne County8675.6%1
7Stockholm County8669.8%7
8Halland County5068%0

Counties 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 Skåne County were rated Excellent in 2025?
65 of 86 (75.6%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 12 were Good, 5 Sufficient and 1 Poor, and 3 had no class. That ranks Skåne County 6 of 8 Sweden counties by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Skåne County have the best long-term record?
10 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example Åhusbryggans badplats, HABO LJUNGS CAMPING, Hillevägens badplats. See the ranking.
Which places in Skåne County have the most official bathing waters?
Skivarp (4, 75% Excellent), Rydebäck (4, 50% Excellent), Åhus (3, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Skåne County rated Poor?
Yes, 1: VIKINGSTRAND.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Badplatsen (HaV) (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) and the 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 Sweden, 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 Sweden. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.