Beach Health allows access to information on Great Lakes and Inland Beaches in Wisconsin. The beach water quality monitoring and advisory (notification) program has ended for most beaches for the 2009 season.



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You can have beach advisories emailed to you. Please fill out the email notification form to receive advisories for your favorite beaches.

Launch the map interface to view the most current basic beach water quality data by clicking on the image of Wisconsin shown below on the left.

Or, select a beach from the drop down list below to see the most current advisory for that beach.
You can also follow the link "Daily Conditions" for the most current advisory information, including getting the lastest advisories by county, and real-time monitoring and meterological conditions for South Shore beach in Milwaukee.

Click on this example image of the map to get the latest beach advisories map
The above image shows an example of beach conditions, please click the map to launch a real-time image of current conditions.

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Beach Name Advisory Dates of this Advisory Beach Image
Anclam Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Anclam Park Beach
Baileys Harbor Ridges Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Baileys Harbor Ridges Park Beach
Clark Lake Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Clay Banks Beach 2 Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Egg Harbor Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Egg Harbor Beach
Egg Harbor Beach Sign indicating open beach according to E. coli results below 235 CFU/100mL 08/28/2009 - 08/28/2009 Egg Harbor Beach
Ellison Bay Town Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Ellison Bay Town Park Beach
Ephraim Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Ephraim Beach
Ephraim Beach Sign indicating open beach according to E. coli results below 235 CFU/100mL 08/28/2009 - 08/28/2009 Ephraim Beach
Europe Bay Beach 1 Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Europe Bay Beach
Europe Bay Beach 2 Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Europe Bay Beach
Europe Bay Beach 3 Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Europe Bay Beach
Europe Lake Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Fish Creek Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Fish Creek Beach
Gislason Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Gislason Beach
Haines Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Haines Park Beach
Jackson Harbor Ridges - WI Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 No photo available
Kangaroo Lake Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Lakeside Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Lakeside Park Beach
Lily Bay Boat Launch Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Murphy Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Murphy Park Beach
Newport Bay Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Newport Bay Beach
Nicolet Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Nicolet Beach
Otumba Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Otumba Park Beach
Percy Johnson Memorial Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Percy Johnson Memorial Park Beach
Portage Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 No photo available
Rock Island State Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Rock Island State Park Beach
Sand Bay Beach 1 Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Sand Dune Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Sand Dune Beach
Sandy Bay Town Park Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Sandy Bay Town Park Beach
School House Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 School House Beach
Sister Bay Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Sister Bay Beach
Sister Bay Beach Sign indicating open beach according to E. coli results below 235 CFU/100mL 08/28/2009 - 08/28/2009 Sister Bay Beach
Sturgeon Bay Canal Recreation Area Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Sturgeon Bay Canal Recreation Area Beach
Sunset Park Beach Sturgeon Bay Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Sunset Park Beach Sturgeon Bay
Whitefish Bay Boat Launch Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 -
Whitefish Dunes Beach Beach Sampling
Ended		 08/28/2009 - 02/08/2010 Whitefish Dunes Beach
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RSS feeds of beach advisories are available from this website for Great Lakes counties.


Wisconsin Beach Program -- BEACH Act Annual Report for 2008 to USEPA by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (pdf, 455Kb).

Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Beach Guide (pdf, 1Mb).

Ozaukee County 2007 Upper Lake Park Beach Sanitary Survey (pdf, 7.4Mb)

Wisconsin Coastal Guide 360 degree panoramic views

CNN CNN Weather Report


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