{"id":145,"date":"2020-05-12T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/waterborne-hazards-control\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:55:11","slug":"swimming-advisories-and-monitored-beaches-map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/waterborne-hazards-control\/swimming-advisories-and-monitored-beaches-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Advisories and Monitored Beaches Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/waterborne-hazards-control\/statistics\/monitoring-and-advisory-data-by-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to view previous years results.<\/p>\n<p>EPA <a href=\"http:\/\/water.epa.gov\/type\/oceb\/beaches\/dosdonts.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beach Safety<\/a> | EPA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sunsafety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun Safety<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/waterborne-hazards-control\/local-beach-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Beaches Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on a marker in the map below for the monitoring results of individual beach sites.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2024\/06\/Beach-Legend.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #006298; text-decoration: underline;\">Blue Flag<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span> indicates that bacteria sample results are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">within a safe range<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Red Triangle<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">indicates that bacteria levels <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exceed the established safety criteria<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #f0d802;\"><strong><em>Yellow Triangle<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">indicates that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sampling was not conducted<\/span> due to any reason; such as public beach closure, harsh weather conditions, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Grey Circle<\/strong><\/em><\/span> indicates that the beach season has ended and beach sampling and monitoring will not occur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1749584765179' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img alt='UpdatedDashboard_20240404 ' src='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;20&#47;2024BEACHMonitoringMap&#47;UpdatedDashboard_20240404&#47;1_rss.png' style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/> <param name='embed_code_version' value='3' \/> <param name='site_root' value='' \/><param name='name' value='2024BEACHMonitoringMap&#47;UpdatedDashboard_20240404' \/><param name='tabs' value='no' \/><param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;20&#47;2024BEACHMonitoringMap&#47;UpdatedDashboard_20240404&#47;1.png' \/> <param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><param name='language' value='en-US' \/><\/object><\/div>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1749584765179');                    var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0];                    if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 800 ) { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';} else if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 500 ) { vizElement.style.minWidth='1000px';vizElement.style.maxWidth='100%';vizElement.style.minHeight='827px';vizElement.style.maxHeight=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';} else { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height='1227px';}                     var scriptElement = document.createElement('script');                    scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js';                    vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);                <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view previous years results. 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