Traught, Kinvara

Traught beach is a long, sandy, gently sloping beach consisting of a lower sand/mud shore with shingle on the upper shore. There is a wide variety of animals, plants, shellfish and birds supported at Traught beach. Seals and otters are sometimes spotted along the coastline. Traught Beach is located within the conservation areas of Galway Bay and Inner Galway Bay which is a protected area for birds. Activities include swimming, bathing, windsurfing and angling.

Traught Beach Bathing Area is located outside Kinvara Town on the shores of Galway Bay in the Kinvara Water Management Unit of the Western River Basin District. The beach is approximately 450 metres long with a bathing area of approximately 900m2

The sandy shore has a gentle slope and often carries large amounts of seaweeds on its strandline, especially after heavy weather. Traught Beach has a mesotidal range (2-4m) with medium and maximum depths of the bathing area varying in relation to the tide height and position. Traught beach is long sandy beach on the edge of the Burren and the karstic limestone fringes the surrounding shore and extends into the sublittoral. The beach area itself is composed of a lower sand/mud shore with shingle on the upper shore. At the northern and southern ends of the beach a rocky shore, composed of limestone bedrock exists. It is an exposed beach and the sea can be quite rough at times.