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Corsica beaches: 2025 bathing-water quality

Corsica has 223 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (173 coastal and 50 river). 75.8% were classified Excellent — 1.4 points above the 74.4% across all of France — and 20 were Poor. 132 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025. By area, the Excellent share is highest around Bonifacio (100% of 13) and lowest around Aléria (68% of 25).

Cliffs of Bonifacio, Corsica
Photo: Myrabella, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
223

official bathing waters

75.8%

Excellent in 2025

20

Poor in 2025

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

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; those are published by the competent authority. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

baignades.sante.gouv.fr →

About Corsica

Corsica is a French island in the Mediterranean, north of Sardinia. As elsewhere in France, bathing sites are designated locally and monitored under the regional health agency (ARS de Corse), with results published on the national baignades.sante.gouv.fr service.

How this page is defined: official EEA bathing waters reported by France whose coordinates fall inside a boundary drawn around Corsica. Coordinates are reported by the national authority.

Map of official bathing waters

Excellent 169Good 24Sufficient 6Poor 20Not classified 4
PLAGE DU SCUDO: Excellent (2025)CAMPOMORO: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU STAGNONE: Excellent (2025)CHIUNI NORD: Excellent (2025)LIAMONE SUD: Excellent (2025)FRATTI-MOOREA PLAGE: Excellent (2025)AGOSTA: Excellent (2025)TARCO: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE CANISCIONE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE CAMPITELLU: Excellent (2025)LA SAUVAGIE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU LIDO (PURRAJA): Excellent (2025)CAPU LAUROSU: Excellent (2025)CUPABIA: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU TARAVO: Excellent (2025)BUSSAGLIA: Excellent (2025)AREGNO PLAGE: Excellent (2025)PINETO: Excellent (2025)CLUB OLYMPIQUE: Excellent (2025)LE BLOCKOS: Excellent (2025)SUN BEACH: Excellent (2025)TOUR DE VIGNALE: Excellent (2025)MARIANA: Excellent (2025)BARACATOGGIO: Excellent (2025)ALBA SERENA: Excellent (2025)CHEZ THERESA: Excellent (2025)AGOSTA SUD: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE LAVA: Excellent (2025)RONDINARA PLAGE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE SANTANA: Excellent (2025)MARINA VIVA: Excellent (2025)FAVONE NORD: Excellent (2025)TIZZANO: Excellent (2025)PORTO POLLO U PORTICCIU: Excellent (2025)CAVU: Excellent (2025)PONT GENOIS: Excellent (2025)FICAGHJOLA: Excellent (2025)PONT DE LOZARI: Excellent (2025)A CAMPINCA: Excellent (2025)PONT DE CASTIRLA: Excellent (2025)MUTE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE D'OLZO: Excellent (2025)ALISTRO: Excellent (2025)CAPO DI FENO: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE SEVANI-PETIT CAPO: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE BARBICAJA: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU RICANTO: Excellent (2025)CHIUNI: Excellent (2025)TIUCCIA PLAGE: Excellent (2025)CASPIU: Excellent (2025)PLAGE CANICCIOLA: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE CHEVANU: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU RUPPIONE: Excellent (2025)SANTA GIULIA MARINE: Excellent (2025)FOLACA: Excellent (2025)PALOMBAGGIA: Excellent (2025)CASETTA BIANCA-ZIGLIONE: Excellent (2025)LA RUSCANA: Excellent (2025)FORET DE BONIFATO: Excellent (2025)GINEBARU: Excellent (2025)SAN AMBROGGIO: Excellent (2025)MATA HARI: Excellent (2025)OSTRICONI: Excellent (2025)PLAGE U Quarcione: Excellent (2025)MARINE DE SISCO: Excellent (2025)MIOMO: Excellent (2025)CNPO: Excellent (2025)PISCINES PONT D'AZZANA: Excellent (2025)SANT' AMANZA NORD: Excellent (2025)MENASINA: Excellent (2025)TIUCCIA SUD: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE PORTIGLIOLO: Excellent (2025)PISCINE NATURELLE: Excellent (2025)FIGARI EST: Excellent (2025)BAIE DE STAGNOLI EST: Excellent (2025)LA PINEDE: Excellent (2025)LA FAUTEA: Excellent (2025)CATERRAGGIO: Excellent (2025)ARINELLA: Excellent (2025)VVF LOZARI: Excellent (2025)LAVASINA: Excellent (2025)GARE: Excellent (2025)MARINE DE BRAVONE: Excellent (2025)ACQUA DOLCE: Excellent (2025)GRIGIONE: Excellent (2025)VANGA DI L'ORU: Excellent (2025)CAP SUD: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE L'ARIADNE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU LAZARET: Excellent (2025)BUSSU. USINE HYDRO/ELECTRIQUE: Excellent (2025)CALA DI CIAPILI: Excellent (2025)TONNARA: Excellent (2025)PLAGE SAN GIUSEPPE: Excellent (2025)TOUR CAPITELLO: Excellent (2025)ANSE MORELLI: Excellent (2025)ARONE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE ST-JEAN: Excellent (2025)SANTA GIULIA: Excellent (2025)SPORTING MARINA DI FIORI: Excellent (2025)PORTO POLLO CENTRE: Excellent (2025)EMBOUCHURE SAGONE: Excellent (2025)PINARELLO: Excellent (2025)PRUNETE: Excellent (2025)NAPOLEON: Excellent (2025)SANTA SEVERA: Excellent (2025)GUARDIOLA: Excellent (2025)ALBO: Excellent (2025)MARINE DE PIETRACORBARA: Excellent (2025)MARINE DE SOLARO: Excellent (2025)TERRE SACREE-WEEK-END: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE PASCI PECURA: Excellent (2025)CAMPOMORO SUD: Excellent (2025)STAGNONE NORD: Excellent (2025)PLAGE ORCINO: Excellent (2025)STAGNOLI: Excellent (2025)FICAGHJOLA: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE LA TOUR: Excellent (2025)CANELLA: Excellent (2025)TIZZANO EST: Excellent (2025)COSTI DI VILLANOVA: Excellent (2025)GIOTTANI: Excellent (2025)POINTE ST FRANCOIS: Excellent (2025)MARINE DE FARINOLE: Excellent (2025)CARACHETU: Excellent (2025)CALZARELLU: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DU FLENU: Excellent (2025)MORIANI: Excellent (2025)PLAGE TROTTEL: Excellent (2025)PLAGE SAINT FRANCOIS: Excellent (2025)TAHITI PLAGE: Excellent (2025)SANT' AMANZA PLAGE: Excellent (2025)FAVONE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE MARE E SOLE: Excellent (2025)ST CYPRIEN CENTRE: Excellent (2025)TEDDI: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE TENUTELLA: Excellent (2025)BARACCI: Excellent (2025)ISOLELLA NORD: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE MANCINU: Excellent (2025)VVF CAMP DE VOILE: Excellent (2025)ARGENTELLA: Excellent (2025)PADULE: Excellent (2025)BODRI: Excellent (2025)TUANI CAMPING: Excellent (2025)PONT DE LA MARANA: Excellent (2025)VILLE: Excellent (2025)MARINE DE MERIA: Excellent (2025)NEGRO: Excellent (2025)PORT DE TAVERNA: Excellent (2025)RESIDENCE DES ILES: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE BALISTRA: Excellent (2025)PIANTARELLA: Excellent (2025)PERO PLAGE: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE VERGHIA: Excellent (2025)CALA D'ORZO: Excellent (2025)CALA ROSSA: Excellent (2025)ST CYPRIEN: Excellent (2025)PAESE SERENU: Excellent (2025)ROCCAPINA: Excellent (2025)BARRAGE DE TOLLA: Excellent (2025)PLAGE DE SAGONE: Excellent (2025)ERBALUNGA: Excellent (2025)PORTICCIOLO: Excellent (2025)ANGHIONE: Excellent (2025)LE REFUGE: Excellent (2025)LA JAUGE: Excellent (2025)BARCAGGIO: Excellent (2025)SCAFFA ROSSA: Excellent (2025)HLM: Excellent (2025)PONT GENOIS: Not classified (2025)PONT EIFFEL: Not classified (2025)PONT DU LIAMONE: Not classified (2025)ERNELLA BASE KAYAK: Not classified (2025)PONT DE TRUGGIA: Good (2025)PLAGE DE GHJIRULATU-GIROLATA: Good (2025)PONTE VECCHIO: Good (2025)ISOLELLA SUD: Good (2025)BAIE DE STAGNOLI: Good (2025)PONT DE VIGNALE: Good (2025)LA GLACIERE: Good (2025)PONT DE CAMERA: Good (2025)LA CASTAGNA SUD: Good (2025)PLAGE DE STAGNOLA: Good (2025)SAN PELLEGRINO: Good (2025)LA PARATA: Good (2025)VIGNOLA EAUX VIVES: Good (2025)PONT DU PORTO: Good (2025)PONT DE GUAGNO LES BAINS: Good (2025)PONT DE CRIVISCIA: Good (2025)TUARELLI: Good (2025)PONT LAMOSU: Good (2025)LA MARANINCA: Good (2025)PONT DE NOCETA: Good (2025)PORTO PLAGE: Good (2025)PORTIGLIOLO: Good (2025)CLUB DE LA MARANA: Good (2025)ALBA MARANA: Good (2025)MACINAGGIO: Sufficient (2025)PONT D'ABRA: Sufficient (2025)PONTE ALTU: Sufficient (2025)LAVE MADRE: Sufficient (2025)PONT DE CALZATOGGIO: Sufficient (2025)SNACK CHEZ EUGENE: Sufficient (2025)PONTE-VECCHIO: Poor (2025)AMONT RETENUE: Poor (2025)PONT ELLERACCE: Poor (2025)MINELLI: Poor (2025)PONT D'UCCIANI: Poor (2025)PONT D'ACORAVO: Poor (2025)MURA DI L'ONDA: Poor (2025)PAILLOTTE ANDREA: Poor (2025)PONT DE CARBUCCIA: Poor (2025)PISCIARONE: Poor (2025)PONT D'ALTIANI: Poor (2025)PONT BALIRI: Poor (2025)PONT DE CUTTOLI: Poor (2025)ALZU DI GALLINA: Poor (2025)PONT DE BELFIOR: Poor (2025)MARINE DE SORBO: Poor (2025)PONT DE LA VANNA: Poor (2025)MULINACCIU: Poor (2025)PONT DE PERI: Poor (2025)PONT GENOIS SPINA CAVALLU: Poor (2025)Corsica
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. Coloured areas are the regions; region names link to their pages. 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.

Corsica by area

Each official site is grouped under the nearest of 9 reference towns, measured in a straight line from its reported coordinates. This is an orientation aid, not a municipal boundary.

2025 EEA classes by area (nearest reference town)
AreaSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Ajaccio6346 (73%)8081
Propriano2116 (76.2%)2120
Bonifacio1313 (100%)0000
Porto-Vecchio3021 (70%)3150
Aléria2517 (68%)2222
Bastia3023 (76.7%)4120
Saint-Florent97 (77.8%)0011
L’Île-Rousse1212 (100%)0000
Calvi2014 (70%)5100

Most consistent Excellent sites

132 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown, the rest are in the area lists above.

  1. A CAMPINCA 11 seasons · around Bastia
  2. ACQUA DOLCE 11 seasons · around Saint-Florent
  3. AGOSTA 11 seasons · around Ajaccio
  4. AGOSTA SUD 11 seasons · around Ajaccio
  5. ALBO 11 seasons · around Saint-Florent
  6. ALISTRO 11 seasons · around Aléria
  7. ANGHIONE 11 seasons · around Bastia
  8. ANSE MORELLI 11 seasons · around Ajaccio
  9. AREGNO PLAGE 11 seasons · around L’Île-Rousse
  10. ARGENTELLA 11 seasons · around Calvi
  11. ARONE 11 seasons · around Ajaccio
  12. BAIE DE STAGNOLI EST 11 seasons · around Porto-Vecchio
  13. BARACATOGGIO 11 seasons · around Saint-Florent
  14. BARACCI 11 seasons · around Propriano
  15. BARRAGE DE TOLLA 11 seasons · around Ajaccio
  16. BODRI 11 seasons · around L’Île-Rousse
  17. BUSSAGLIA 11 seasons · around Calvi
  18. BUSSU. USINE HYDRO/ELECTRIQUE 11 seasons · around Ajaccio
  19. CALA D'ORZO 11 seasons · around Propriano
  20. CALA ROSSA 11 seasons · around Porto-Vecchio
  21. CAMPOMORO 11 seasons · around Propriano
  22. CAMPOMORO SUD 11 seasons · around Propriano
  23. CANELLA 11 seasons · around Porto-Vecchio
  24. CAP SUD 11 seasons · around Bastia

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 (8)

Declined (20)

How Corsica rated since 2015

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

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
202521916977.2%20
202422217478.4%17
202322217478.4%10
202221918082.2%5
202121718183.4%4
202021218084.9%1
201921718484.8%3
201821618083.3%2
201721618284.3%3
201621617781.9%2
201521617078.7%2

All 223 official bathing waters on Corsica

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

Around Ajaccio 63 sites · 73% Excellent · 8 Poor
Around Propriano 21 sites · 76.2% Excellent · 2 Poor
Around Bonifacio 13 sites · 100% Excellent
Around Porto-Vecchio 30 sites · 70% Excellent · 5 Poor
Around Aléria 25 sites · 68% Excellent · 2 Poor
Around Bastia 30 sites · 76.7% Excellent · 2 Poor
Around Saint-Florent 9 sites · 77.8% Excellent · 1 Poor
Around L’Île-Rousse 12 sites · 100% Excellent
  • AREGNO PLAGE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • BODRI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • CARACHETU Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • GARE Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row
  • GINEBARU Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • GUARDIOLA Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • NAPOLEON Excellent Excellent 7 seasons in a row
  • OSTRICONI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • PONT DE CASTIRLA Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • PONT DE LOZARI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • PONT GENOIS Excellent Excellent 2 seasons in a row
  • VVF LOZARI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
Around Calvi 20 sites · 70% Excellent

Compared with other destinations

#DestinationCountrySitesExcellentPoor
1CorfuGreece66100%0
2Lake GardaItaly12899.2%0
3CreteGreece17798.9%0
4HalkidikiGreece9098.9%0
5SardiniaItaly66496.8%1
6Istria (Croatia)Croatia21795.9%0
7Costa BravaSpain8694.2%1
8Algarve coastPortugal10693.4%0
9Lake BalatonHungary14885.1%0
10MenorcaSpain3080%0
11CorsicaFrance22375.8%20
12RhodesGreece5275%0
13MallorcaSpain11368.1%3
14Ibiza & FormenteraSpain4866.7%0
15French Riviera (Alpes-Maritimes)France15163.6%3

Destinations differ in size, water type and how densely sites are designated, so the table gives context rather than a quality verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters on Corsica were rated Excellent in 2025?
169 of 223 (75.8%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 24 were Good, 6 Sufficient and 20 Poor, and 4 had no class.
Which sites on Corsica have the best long-term record?
132 were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example A CAMPINCA, ACQUA DOLCE, AGOSTA. See the full ranking.
Were any bathing waters on Corsica rated Poor?
Yes, 20: PONTE-VECCHIO, ALZU DI GALLINA, PONT DE CUTTOLI, PAILLOTTE ANDREA and 16 more.
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 beach, not in the annual EEA class. Each site page here also shows a weather forecast with heavy-rain context.

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Source

European Environment Agency (EEA), bathing-water data and coordinates reported by France, licensed CC BY 4.0. Areas, counts and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from those official records.