Safe Swim

Safe Swim is a monitoring programme where council tests the water quality at popular beaches over the summer.

Water samples are collected weekly on Wednesdays by helicopter or hand and the results are available to the public by Friday. Additional monitoring is done following sewage overflows, as these can affect beach water quality.

The 2007/2008 monitoring season ran from 7 November 2007 until 23 April 2008.

View the results here, or phone 0800 SAFESWIM (0800 723 379).

Subscribe here to receive the latest results by email (between November and April).

Water sampling by helicopter

Safe Swim index

Map of the beaches
Map of popular swimming beaches in Auckland city.

2007/2008 results
A summary of the 2007/2008 test results plus lists of all results.

2006/2007 results
A summary of the 2006/2007 test results plus lists of all results.

Historic results
View results from the 1999/2000 - 2005/2006 seasons.

Water tests
Why test beach water?
Aims of the monitoring programme
What does the monitoring programme test for?
What are the guidelines for tests?
How do we run tests?

Water safety
Can beach water make people sick?
Is it safe to swim at beaches?
Cox's Bay water quality

Water pollution
Sources of beach water pollution
Stormwater initiatives
Wastewater initiatives

Prevention
Help prevent pollution on our beaches

More information

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Updated May 2008