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WARNING! Swimming is forbidden at Strandhill Beach due to shifting sands and strong underwater currents, a number of people have unfortunetely drowned from this beach in recent years.
Strandhill offers some splendid scenery and plenty to do.
Surfing is a big thing in Strandhill with surfers taking to the water almost every day, if you want to have a go yourself, there is a surf shop and possibly someone to teach you how to do it.
Nearby is the airport which has a number of Aer Arann daily scheduled services to Dublin, from the terminal building, across the runway, you can clearly see the remains of Kilaspugbrone church and graveyard.
Looking inland from the beach or "strand" the skyline is dominated by Knocknarea, a very scenic sight indeed, and despite its appearance from the Strandhill side, it is a fairly easy walk from the Eastern side.
Strandhill beach is about a mile in length, a lovely walk along the sandy shore can be had by walking southwards toward Ballysadare Bay.
During the summer months, dolphins and/or porpoises can sometimes be seen jumping from the waves at sea, and a number of whales have also, sadly, been beached on the sandbanks in Ballysadare Bay, the most recent being a thirty foot, ten ton, sperm whale which died here in September 2006.
