Interactive Beach Water Quality Dashboard

DPH's Interactive Beaches Dashboard provides water quality testing results for the current beach season. It will tell you which beaches are open or closed. If a beach is closed, do not swim or enter the water at that location to avoid risk of illness.

Interactive data dashboard

This dashboard will provide updates on an hourly basis throughout the beach season.

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If you are having difficulty viewing the dashboard on a mobile or tablet device, you may view the Beach Water Quality Dashboard in full screen. 

How to use the dashboard

There are four different views which can be accessed using the three buttons at the top of each page of the dashboard. 

1. Closures 
2. Results (Graphs) 
3. Results (Table) 
4. Beaches Map 

To navigate to a view, select its button at the top of the dashboard. 

Results (Graphs)

1. Under Select Town, choose a town. 
   
   Beaches in the selected town will appear in the drop-down menu for the Select Beach section.
    
2. Under Select Beach, choose a beach. 
   
   Open beach locations will be labeled as Open and closed beach locations will be labeled as Closed in the Beach List panel. 
   
   Bacterial testing results for the selected beach will be displayed in the Single-Sample Bacterial Results panel. The Geometric Mean Results panel displays the geometric mean of the bacterial sample results for the selected beach. Select the download button in this view to download the full dataset. 
    

Results (Table)

1. Under Select Town, choose a town. Beaches in the selected town will appear in the drop-down menu for the Select Beach section. 
2. Under Select Beach, choose a beach. Select the download button in the Test Results table to download the data. 

Beaches map

This section displays an interactive map of all beaches in Massachusetts, represented as colored dots on the map. Hovering over a dot on the map will display the name, town, closure status, and water type (marine or freshwater) for that beach.

To select a beach using town and beach lists:

1. Select a town from the Town section.
2. Select the name of a beach from the Beach section. The chosen beach will be highlighted on the map and its status will be shown in the map legend.

Select the download button in the map to download the data.

Additional resources

• DPH Bathing Beach Resources
• Frequently asked questions about beach water quality
• See previous years’ beach water quality

Who can I contact if I have more questions?

Please contact the Bureau of Environmental Health at [phone].

Protect yourself from Vibrio infections

Several species of Vibrio bacteria can cause human illness. Open cuts, scrapes, or recent tattoos and piercings can increase your risk of Vibrio infection when swimming in coastal waters. Learn more in the DPH news release.