No bathing advised at 18 Nassau and 58 Suffolk beaches due to high bacteria levels after heavy rainfall
Health officials have issued an advisory against bathing at 76 Long Island beaches on Saturday as a precaution due to heavy rainfall.
Health authorities say 18 beaches in Nassau and 58 in Suffolk are affected by the advisory because of the possibility of bacteria levels exceeding New York state standards. Suffolk officials also have closed four other beaches in the county due to high bacteria levels.
Beaches named in the advisory are routinely impacted by stormwater runoff caused by heavy rainfall, which can raise bacteria levels. Health officials recommend that bathing and other water contact be suspended in affected areas until the waters have been flushed by two successive tidal cycles, at least a 24-hour period, after the rain has ended.
The advisory will be lifted at 9 a.m. Sunday in Nassau and at noon in Suffolk, unless additional rainfall or water samples show elevated bacteria levels.
Nassau County beaches
Bayville: Centre Island Sound, Ransom Beach, Stehli Beach, and Soundside Beach.
Glen Cove: Morgan Sound and Pryibil Beach
Glenwood Landing: Tappen Beach.
Lattingtown: Creek Club and Lattingtown Beach.
Laurel Hollow Laurel Hollow Beach.
Locust Valley: Piping Rock Beach Club.
Oyster Bay: Theodore Roosevelt Beach
Port Washington: North Hempstead Beach Park.
Sea Cliff: Sea Cliff Village Beach.
East Rockaway: Hewlett Point Beach.
Island Park: Island Park Beach.
Massapequa: Biltmore Beach Club and Philip Healey Beach.
Suffolk County beaches
Sound Beach: Sound Beach POA East, Scotts Beach, Sound Beach POA West, Tides Beach.
Rocky Point: Beech Road Beach, Broadway Beach, Friendship Drive Beach.
West Babylon: Venetian Shores Beach.
East Shoreham: Shoreham Beach.
Blue Point: Corey Beach.
Brightwaters: Brightwaters Village Beach.
Stony Brook: Stony Brook Beach.
East Shoreham: Shoreham Shore Club Beach.
Miller Place: Miller Place Park Beach, Woodhull Landing POA Beach.
Setauket: East Setauket: Bayview Beach, Bayberry Cove Beach, Grantland Beach, Indian Field Beach, Little Bay Beach.
Old Field: Soundview Beach Association Beach.
Rocky Point: Terraces on the Sound.
Cold Spring Harbor: Eagle Dock Community Beach.
Lloyd Harbor: West Neck Beach, Lloyd Neck Bath Club Beach, Lloyd Harbor Village Park Beach, Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club Beach.
Huntington: Gold Star Battalion Park Beach, Knollwood Beach Association Beach, Fleets Cove Beach.
Huntington Bay: Head of the Bay Club Beach, Nathan Hale Beach Club Beach, Baycrest Association Beach, Bay Hills Beach Association, Crescent Beach, Wincoma Association Beach.
Centerport: Centerport Beach, Huntington Beach Community Association Beach.
Northport: Steers Beach, Hobart Beach (Sound), Hobart Beach (Cove), Crab Meadow Beach, Callahans Beach.
Asharoken: Asharoken Beach.
Eatons Neck: Valley Grove Beach, Prices Bend Beach.
Islip: Islip Beach, Bayberry Beach & Tennis Club Beach.
East Islip: East Islip Beach.
West Islip: West Islip Beach.
West Sayville: West Oaks Recreation Club Beach
Bay Shore: Benjamins Beach.
West Sayville: West Oaks Recreation Club Beach.
Sayville: Sayville Marina Park Beach.
Shoreham: Shoreham Village Beach.
Nissequogue: Short Beach, Nissequogue Point Beach, Long Beach, Schubert Beach.
Suffolk County beaches closed:
Ronkonkoma: Ronkonkoma Beach.
Copiague: Tanner Park.
Bayport: Bayport Beach.
Amityville: Amityville Village Beach.
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