Welcome to EPA Victoria's Beach Report website
Beach Report summer forecasting commences on 30 November 2009. The Beach Report forecasts are a prediction of bacterial levels, based on recent bacterial sampling results, beach history and the latest weather conditions.
Forecast Summary for 10 February 2010EPA Victoria’s Beach Report bacterial water quality forecast is good for all monitored beaches.
EPA recommends against swimming near stormwater drain, rivers, streams and other outlets into Port Phillip Bay during and 24 hours after rain.
Check your beach to see the summer 2009-2010 bacterial sampling results.
About Beach Report
Melbourne's reputation as one of the world's most livable cities is due in part to its location on Port Phillip Bay, with its extensive network of beautiful urban beaches. Beach Report is an EPA Victoria program that provides the community with the latest information on bacterial water quality at 36 bayside beaches.
The program provides beach water quality information to the community so that people can make informed decisions about which beach they will visit. Beach Report also draws attention to the things we do in the wider community that impact on our beaches.
EPA Victoria analyses water quality data to gauge any potential risk to swimmers. Results are published on this site and in the daily metropolitan newspapers (during the Beach Report season).
Every year, EPA publishes the results of the previous Beach Report season. The following document relates to the 2008-2009 program.
Reports for previous seasons are also available.
To submit feedback on the Beach Report program or to report any pollution event, please contact us.
Port of Melbourne Maintenance Dredging Monitoring
Port of Melbourne Corporation is currently monitoring water quality at six beaches in Hobsons Bay. This program, endorsed by EPA, is focussed on heavy metals only. The results of this program are found at http://www.oem.vic.gov.au/Maintenancedredging  .
Monitoring for 2008-09
EPA conducted an extended beaches monitoring program from March 2008 to September 2009. This included monitoring for enterococci, heavy metals, organic chemicals and algae. For results from this program go to http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/water/beach_monitoring/beach_monitoring.asp
Last updated:
31 December, 2009
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