Beaches in Tramore, Co. Waterford

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The old sign «Men-Only Diving Cove» remains, but the locals have long embraced communal swimming. A path grips the cliff-face, guiding you sharply down to a platform built onto rocks overlooking a narrow rocky beachless cove. The water is beautifully and transparently green, but the cove is too deep to see to…

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Guillamene Cove

Tramore is a really nice beach, only about 20 mins by car from Waterford city. It’s not too big but exactly small either, and there is a nice promenade and seems like a great place for a walk or to bring your dog if you have one. There is a car park conveniently located as well as toilets (which aren’t the…

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Tramore Beach

If the Pier is where every Tramorian learnt to swim, Newtown Cove is where they learnt to live in water. It’s a very steep cove with a stony sea bed, and a short pebbly beach. A concrete platform and walkway runs the length of the Southern cliff, with ladders and ramps to allow quick access to the water…

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Newtown Cove

Where every Tramorian learnt to swim. Lessons are held every summer at high tide: tiddlers in arm-bands start at the first steps, and graduate to further steps along the pier as they grow. The west side is bordered by a high buffer wall, and the lower eastern wall is the frontier between the pier and the…

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Tramore Pier

Also known as «The other side of Tramore Beach». Saleen’s is a length of sandy beach stretching out along Tramore Bay’s eastern headland. It is separate from «the Baldy-Man» (Tramore’s largest sand-dune) only by a slender stream. This stream feeds and empties the backstrand to Tramore Beach, so the currents…