Le Dunkerquois
Zuydcoote beach
No promenade, no shops, no crowds
The essentials
- Water quality
How this rating is calculated
The regional health agency samples the water several times a season and measures two faecal bacteria: Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci.
The rating isn’t based on a single sample, but on all the results from the last four seasons. It’s recalculated every year and places the beach into one of four levels, from poor to excellent, based on the share of results that exceed European thresholds.
The upshot: a beach rated excellent can be closed on a stormy day, and a poorly rated beach can have perfect water today. The rating shows the trend, not today’s weather.
Excellent
- Monitored bathing
Health monitoring and supervision
This is the period declared by the local council during which the regional health agency tests the water.
This isn’t the period of lifeguard supervision, which is down to the local council and is often shorter. Check with the town hall before relying on it.
- From 15 June to 15 September
- The sand
- Sable fin
- Dogs
- Check with the town hall
Zuydcoote beach: what you need to know
A few kilometres from the Belgian border, Zuydcoote beach is popular with lovers of nature and open space. Hundreds of walkers come here every year to hike through the dunes.
No promenade, no shops, hardly any tourists: this is one of the best beaches on the coast for rest and nature.
- Wide open spaces
- Dunes
- Hiking
- No shops
Can you swim in Zuydcoote?
The regional health agency monitors this beach under the code FRE1159668M059003. It’s rated excellent water quality over the last four seasons of testing.
No closures or pollution were reported at this beach during the last monitored season.
Data: Ministry of Health, under Open Licence. Full details of the site are in its bathing water profile.
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