Gwynver is a designated bathing water in Cornwall with a sandy shore. Its water quality was classed Excellent at the Environment Agency's last classification. It is one of 90 designated bathing waters in the county. It lies inside Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.
For more of the same, Sennen and Porthcurno are close by. The nearest railway station is Penzance, 11.7 km to the east.