Beach Report for Port Melbourne

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.

Port Melbourne beach is part of the City of Port Phillip.

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	<10
16 Feb 2009	<10
9 Feb 2009	<10
2 Feb 2009	10
27 Jan 2009	<10
19 Jan 2009	<10
12 Jan 2009	<10
5 Jan 2009	<10
29 Dec 2008	<10
22 Dec 2008	<10
15 Dec 2008	270
8 Dec 2008	<10
1 Dec 2008	<10
24 Nov 2008	120