Beach Water Quality Information
- 2016 Sampling Information
- 2017 Sampling Information
- 2018 Sampling Information
- 2019 Sampling Information
- 2020 Sampling Information
- 2021 Sampling Information
- 2022 Sampling Information
- 2023 Sampling Information
- 2024 Sampling Information
- Tide Charts
- Bathing Beach Minimum Standards
- MA Current Beach Closures (updated Monday through Friday)
The Essex Board of Health samples and tests the bathing waters in our community throughout the bathing season.
Sampling starts before Memorial Day weekend and continues until Labor Day weekend.
Sampling results for Essex beaches are posted weekly during the season, as available. Centennial Grove Beach is tested weekly; both Clammer's Beach and Front Beach have had Sanitary Surveys performed; based on the results of these surveys, as well as consistently low bacterial readings, both the Essex Board of Health and the MA Department of Public Health have granted variances which allow a sampling reduction to once every four weeks at these sites.
More information on state-wide marine beach testing can be found by clicking on the link above, "MA Marine Beach Water Quality."