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Dozens of Auckland beaches have been declared unsafe for swimming after heavy rains over the weekend.
Auckland City Council’s Safeswim website is a sea of red warnings, indicating a high health risk on more than 50 beaches from Snells Beach in the north to Sandspit in the south.
The popular swimming beaches at Kawakawa Bay, Orewa, Herne Bay, Narrow Neck, Kohimarama and St Heliers are off limits.
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Auckland City Council’s Safeswim website shows that dozens of beaches are unsuitable for swimming.
With Auckland’s weather set to improve in the coming days, bathers are advised to check the Safeswim website before packing their clothes. The level of pollution and conditions such as tides and currents will determine how long it takes for the water quality to return to normal.
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On Sunday afternoon, the Safeswim website showed that more than 50 Auckland beaches were considered “high risk”, meaning that at least one in 50 swimmers is likely to get sick.
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Auckland locals are advised to check the water quality before swimming.
There are ten long-term water quality advisories throughout Auckland. At these locations, at least one in 10 swimmers is likely to get sick.
The weekend’s warnings add to figures showing that more than 80 swimming spots across the country are not safe to swim, many of them with fecal contamination.
