Curracloe Beach

County Wexford · 🇮🇪 Ireland

An eleven-kilometre sweep of pale dune-backed sand in Wexford, famous as the D-Day beach of Saving Private Ryan.

Sea temperature

~16°C in the warm season

Water

Cool, gentle Irish Sea blue

Sand

Vast pale golden sand

Swimming

Shallow and gentle; lifeguarded in summer

Surf

Small swell

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

An eleven-kilometre dune strand that stood in for Normandy in Saving Private Ryan

Beach type

Cold-water coast

Blue Flag

Yes

Region

Europe

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Photo: P L Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0) · source