Beach Report for Altona

EPA’s 2008-2009 Beach Report summer forecasting season is finished. Beach Report summer forecasting will recommence in December 2009.

Weekly monitoring of beaches still continues. These results can be found on EPA’s Website.

EPA Victoria recommends against swimming near stormwater drains, streams and other outlets into Port Phillip Bay, especially during and 24 hours after rain. Swimmers should avoid discoloured water. 

Weather forecasts are available on the Bureau of Meteorology website.

Altona beach is part of the City of Hobsons Bay.

View past monitoring results since February 2008

Results of water samples taken at this beach
Sample Date	Bacterial Levels (enterococci organisms per 100mL) What these numbers mean
2 Mar 2009	<10
23 Feb 2009	20
16 Feb 2009	<10
9 Feb 2009	10
2 Feb 2009	10
27 Jan 2009	490
19 Jan 2009	20
12 Jan 2009	20
5 Jan 2009	10
31 Dec 2008	<10#
30 Dec 2008	1400*
29 Dec 2008	540*
22 Dec 2008	120
15 Dec 2008	20
8 Dec 2008	63
1 Dec 2008	20
24 Nov 2008	30

* Enterococci organisms per 100mL were elevated. A follow up sample will be taken

# Results from a follow up sample taken where the initial sample returned an elevated number of Enterococci organisms per 100mL.