Which beach has the cleanest water in NY?

The public beaches with the cleanest water testing results were Rockaway Beach (all 8 testing locations) in Queens, and Orchard Beach in the Bronx – both of which had a perfect score last year, with zero samples exceeding health standards (although it should be noted that Rockaway Beach had few samples available for ...



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Some of Long Island's most visited beaches were also its cleanest, including Jones Beach, where measurements never reached potentially unsafe levels, and Robert Moses, where they did just once.

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Fishing is permitted all year on the pier. Other activities include swimming, and surfing. The north end of the beach, referred to as El Porto, is an extremely popular surf spot where you can even take lessons.

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Eighty-four percent of Gulf Coast beaches, 70% of West Coast beaches, and 63% of the Great Lakes reached these potentially unsafe levels at least once in 2022. A tool on the Environment America website shows state-by-state data if you want to see how your local beaches stack up.

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And that includes Schoolhouse Beach on Washington Island, Wisconsin, which ranked No. 1 for clearest water in the U.S.

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The good news, Save the Sound said, is that 78 percent of the beaches graded in the 2023 Report received A or B grades for water quality, based on data collected in the 2022 swimming season.

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