近水灣係最接近荃灣西站同荃灣市中心嘅海灘，喺1987年夏季正式由香港政府刊憲。佢嘅灘面雖然比汀九灣長啲，但都係石灘，因為海邊鋪滿石塊，沙地中仲有硬物。值得一提，喺都會區下荃灣海岸線以汀九橋以東為界線嘅維港範圍內不準游泳條款中，呢度同汀九灣喺唯一可以喺法例下豁免嘅海灘（目前香港法例第313章附屬法例《船舶及港口管理規例》下，未經海事處處長批准，任何人均不得在維港游泳），不過汀九灣已經係維港範圍最西北角位置啦。
Near Water Bay, the closest beach to Tsuen Wan West Station and Tsuen Wan city centre, was officially gazetted by the Hong Kong government in the summer of 1987. Although his beach is longer than Ting Jiuwan, it is all rocky, because the seaside is covered with rocks and there are hard objects in the sand. It is worth mentioning that in the terms of the no-swimming clause in the Victoria Harbour of the Lower Tsuen Wan Coastline of the Metropolis District bounded by the east of Ting Kau Bridge, this and Ting Kau Bay are the only beaches that can be exempted under the law (at present, no one is allowed to swim in Victoria Harbour without the permission of the Director of Marine under the Shipping and Port Management Regulations, Chapter 313 of the Laws of Hong Kong), but Ting Kawlo Bay is already the northwesternmost corner of the Victoria Harbour area.