Welcome to EPA Victoria's Beach Report website
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.
The Beach Report forecasts are a prediction of bacterial levels, based on recent bacterial sampling results, beach history and the latest weather conditions.
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 2008-2009 bacterial sampling results.
Monitoring for 2008-09
Since March 2008, EPA has continued weekly monitoring of beach water quality in Port Phillip Bay. This monitoring includes heavy metals, organic chemicals and algae. These results can be found on EPA’s Website.
This monitoring is in response to the community’s interest in comprehensive and up-to-date information about water quality in Port Phillip Bay beaches.
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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 water quality and beach conditions 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 documents relate to the 2007-2008 program.
Documents related to previous seasons are also available.
To submit feedback on the Beach Report program or to report any pollution event, please contact us.
Last updated:
10 March, 2009
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– for information on all monitoring programs related to the Channel Deepening project.
– for information on the Channel Deepening project and the current location of the dredging 
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