People are often surprised to learn that Swim Guide is a service created and managed by a small team of people at Swim Drink Fish, a Canadian charity. The project started as a simple attempt to answer the question “Can I swim in Lake Ontario?”. Today, Swim Guide is a global network of people looking …

The new Swim Guide website offers more articles about beach life and environmental issues, weather reports, and a bigger map. Designed for mobile phones, Swim Guide now brings you the beach information you love in a faster, cleaner design. We’ve been hard at work on this project for the last year, talking to users and organizations who care about …

(October 6, 2015 — Toronto) — Swim Guide is thrilled to announce that Audiobooks.com is the newest sponsor of the web’s most helpful beach information service. Created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper in Toronto, Swim Guide is a website and app that helps you find beaches and water quality reports in Canada, the United States, Mexico, …

— La version francaise suit l’anglaise. —FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWaterkeeper Swim Guide and The Weather Network announce new partnership to help you plan a better day at the beach (August 28, 2015 — Toronto) — Swim Guide, the most helpful beach information service on the web, has teamed up with Pelmorex Media, owner and operator of …

It’s official. Swim Guide is now available on the Baja Peninsula, Mexico! This is the first expansion of the Swim Guide outside of Canada and the USA. It is a result of the hard work of our friends from Waterkeepers Baja Californias. A regional collaborative of non‐profit Waterkeeper programs throughout the Baja Peninsula, Waterkeepers Baja …

It’s summer. What does that mean? According to Mountain Equipment Co-Op “in summer, we swim”. That’s why Canada’s famed outdoor equipment co-op has teamed up with Waterkeepers Canada to keep our waters swimmable this summer. MEC will be talking about the importance of clean water and our love of outdoor recreation all summer long.“This is …

Assateague Coastkeeper is using Swim Guide to protect beach-goers and paddlers in the area from water pollution. Here’s a taste of some recent media coverage:Swim Guide information comes from Worcester County, which monitors the bacteria level at Ocean City beaches; the U.S. National Park Service, for Assateague Island’s beaches; and Assateague Coastkeepers, for Coastal Bay waterways …

A nice shout-out for Oregon Waterkeeper members and Swim Guide on the west coast from Oregon Live:Unofficially, summertime is here. That means coastal tourism is beginning to boom after a winter of cold, stormy seas. But the weather on the Oregon coast (anywhere in western Oregon, for that matter) is unpredictable. Its best not to …

Metro News profiled Swim Guide and Riverkeeper’s efforts to protect beach-goers in Alberta on June 12, 2013. Here’s an excerpt:Mounting concerns about toxic blue-green algae blooms and other waterborne contaminants may have some beach bums heading for the backyard rather than the lakefront. But Glenn Isaac, director of North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper, says his group is …

A nice shout-out for Swim Guide in the Bay Journal. Beach-lovers and swimmers in the Chesapeake rejoice! Get the full story here: Bay Journal – Article: Swim Guide app lets users know if local beach is safe to swim in.

In May, 2013, Eye on Annapolis profiled West/Rhode Riverkeeper’s water quality monitoring efforts:For countless residents and visitors, Memorial Day signals the unofficial start of summer – and the summer swimming season. Getting information about the water quality of our local waterways has just become a whole lot easier with the launch of the Swim Guide, …

Swim Guide has arrived on the Assateague Coast!Assateague Coastkeeper, Kathy Phillips, announced, “The focus of this weekend’s launch of the Swim Guide – Worcester County is to encourage citizens to celebrate the right to clean, swimmable waters and to promote the importance of the Clean Water Act, established in 1972, in protecting our local waterways.” …