Beaches in the Basque Country: where to swim today?
7 beaches in 4 municipalities.
All beaches in the Basque Country
Gipuzkoa
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 07/09/2026
Santiago Beach lies in the town centre of Deba, very close to the old quarter and beside the mouth of the River Deba, at the western end of the Gipuzkoa coast.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 28/09/2026
La Concha beach lies in La Concha bay, in San Sebastián, west of the mouth of the Urumea, from which it is separated by Mount Urgull.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 28/09/2026
Ondarreta beach looks out over La Concha bay, in San Sebastián, sheltered by Mount Igeldo and Santa Clara island, and is separated from La Concha beach by the Pico del Loro, below Miramar Palace.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 28/09/2026
Zurriola beach is in the Gros district of San Sebastián, east of the mouth of the Urumea.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 07/09/2026
Zarautz beach stretches for 2,500 metres and is lined by a long seafront promenade.
Bizkaia
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 21/09/2026
Atxabiribil beach, in Sopela, shares its sand with Arriatera beach, with no clear boundary between the two.
Bathing water: Out of season, latest analysis on 21/09/2026
Barinatxe beach lies between the Biscay municipalities of Sopela and Getxo and is known as 'La Salvaje' (the wild one).
About the coast in the Basque Country
By Equipe editorial GTM Labs · Updated
The coast of the Basque Country looks out onto the Cantabrian Sea, where the mountains reach the sea as cliffs. Along the shore there are villages with fishing harbours, estuaries and marshes, and beaches both urban and wild.
The cliffs of Mutriku, Deba and Zumaia, in Gipuzkoa, hold layers of rock known as flysch and are part of the Basque Coast Geopark, a UNESCO Global Geopark. In Urdaibai, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the River Oka becomes a ría on reaching Mundaka and forms marshes teeming with life.
Sources: Turismo de Euskadi (turismo.euskadi.eus), El encanto de la Costa Vasca · Turismo de Euskadi (turismo.euskadi.eus), Cuando Euskadi se asoma al mar · Turismo de Euskadi (turismo.euskadi.eus), Geoparque de la Costa Vasca: Flysch & Karst · Turismo de Euskadi (turismo.euskadi.eus), Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai
Getting to know the sea in the Basque Country
- Tide
Tidal coast: each beach page marks the day's high and low tide, estimated by a model (not a tide-gauge measurement).
- Bathing water
Out of season: 7
Latest analysis at each beach, from 07/09/2026 to 28/09/2026.
It is a periodic analysis, not today's water. The detail and the source are on each beach page.
Verdict for today only; each beach's page has the reasons and sources. It does not replace the instructions of the authorities at the beach.