Swimming Advisories Issued for Nine Ocean View Beaches in Norfolk

Date: June 30, 2026

Media Contact: Marcia Snyder, Norfolk Health Department, Environmental Health Supervisor
[email protected], 757-406-0282

Swimming Advisories Issued for Nine Ocean View Beaches in Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk Department of Public Health has issued swimming advisories for 9 Ocean View Beaches in Norfolk: East Community Beach, twenty first Bay, fifth Bay, Capeview Ave, North Community Beach, Ocean View Park, Sarah Constant, tenth View and thirteenth View. Water testing performed yesterday revealed that enterococci ranges at these websites exceeded State Water Quality Standards. Signs have been posted to alert the general public of this advisory. Health officers will proceed testing seashore water, take away posted indicators, and notify the general public when micro organism ranges lower to fulfill state requirements.

The Environmental Health Division of the Norfolk Department of Public Health samples Ocean View seashore water on a weekly foundation, through the swimming season, from late May by means of mid-September. Enterococci micro organism are a bunch of indicator organisms used to find out the extent of fecal contamination in leisure waters.

While enterococci micro organism don’t typically trigger sickness, scientific research point out that their presence is intently correlated to the presence of different disease-causing organisms. People swimming or taking part in in waters with micro organism ranges greater than the state requirements have an elevated threat of growing gastrointestinal sickness.

For additional data, name the Environmental Health Division, Norfolk Department of Public Health, at 757-683-2712. For details about the Virginia Department of Health’s Beach Monitoring Program, present swimming advisory maps, and useful recommendations on leisure water security, please go to Waterborne Hazards Control.

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