Long Island beaches reopen: Warnings lifted against swimming at 81 spots after heavy rainfall

Nassau and Suffolk have lifted their advisories against swimming at 81 local beaches that were in effect Monday following heavy rainfall that caused storm runoff with the potential to elevate bacteria levels in the water.

The Nassau advisory was lifted by 7 a.m. and Suffolk lift its warning at 8 a.m.

The Nassau County Department of Health had issued its advisory against swimming in 18 beaches — 14 of them on the North Shore and four on the South Shore. Some of those included: Centre Island Sound in Bayville, Creek Club in Lattingtown,  Lattingtown Beach in Lattingtown, North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, Piping Rock Beach Club in Locust Valley and Sea Cliff Village Beach.

•    Laurel Hollow Beach – Laurel Hollow 

• Morgan Sound – Glen Cove

• North Hempstead Beach Park – Port Washington

• Piping Rock Beach Club – Locust Valley

• Pryibil Beach – Glen Cove

• Ransom Beach – Bayville 

• Theodore Roosevelt Beach – Oyster Bay

• Sea Cliff Village Beach – Sea Cliff 

• Soundside Beach – Bayville 

• Stehli Beach – Bayville

•   Tappen Beach – Glenwood Landing

• Biltmore Beach Club – Massapequa

• Hewlett Point Beach – East Rockaway

• Island Park Beach – Island Park 

• Philip Healey Beach – Massapequa    

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services had issued an advisory against bathing at 63 beaches. Some of those included Amityville Village Beach, Stony Brook Beach, Shoreham Village Beach and West Neck Beach.

• Amityville Village Beach 
• Tanner Park 
• Venetian Shores Beach 
• Sound Beach POA East 
• Sound Beach POA West 
• Tides Beach 
• Beech Road Beach (NSBA) 
• Broadway Beach (NSBA) 
• Friendship Drive Beach (NSBA) 
• Shoreham Village Beach 
• Shoreham Beach 
• Corey Beach 
• Stony Brook Beach 
• Shoreham Shore Club Beach 
• Miller Place Park Beach 
• Scotts Beach 
• Woodhull Landing POA Beach 
• Bayberry Cove Beach 
• Bayview Beach 
• Grantland Beach 
• Indian Field Beach 
• Little Bay Beach 
• Soundview Beach Association Beach 
• Terraces on the Sound 
• Havens Beach 
• Eagle Dock Community Beach 
• Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club Beach 
• West Neck Beach 
• Lloyd Neck Bath Club Beach 
• Lloyd Harbor Village Park Beach 
• Gold Star Battalion Park Beach 
• Head of the Bay Club Beach 
• Nathan Hale Beach Club Beach 
• Baycrest Association Beach 
• Bay Hills Beach Association 
• Crescent Beach 
• Knollwood Beach Association Beach 
• Fleets Cove Beach 
• Centerport Beach 
• Huntington Beach Community Association Beach 
• Centerport Yacht Club Beach 
• Steers Beach 
• Asharoken Beach 
• Hobart Beach (Sound & Cove) 
• Crab Meadow Beach 
• Wincoma Association Beach 
• Valley Grove Beach 
• Prices Bend Beach 
• West Islip Beach 
• Benjamins Beach 
• Islip Beach 
• East Islip Beach 
• West Oaks Recreation Club Beach 
• Brightwaters Village Beach 
• Bayport Beach 
• Sayville Marina Park Beach 
• Bayberry Beach & Tennis Club Beach 
• Ronkonkoma Beach (Town of Islip) 
• Callahans Beach 
• Short Beach 
• Nissequogue Point Beach 
• Long Beach 
• Schubert Beach 

The water by these beaches tend to experience limited tidal flushing since the beaches are located in enclosed embayments, or recesses on the coastline, Suffolk officials said.

The officials had recommended that swimming and other water contact be suspended in affected areas until the waters had been flushed by two successive tidal cycles, at least a 24-hour period, after the rain ended. 

For the latest information on affected beaches in Nassau, call 516-227-9700 and in Suffolk, call 631-852-5822.