Benjamin's Beach

Benjamin's Beach is located on Long Island's South shore in Bay Shore off the Great South Bay. If you want to spend a day at the beach relaxing, sunbathing, and swimming, Benjamin's Memorial Beach is the perfect location. This beach is indeed considered to be a clean, unspoiled kid friendly recreation that welcomes families and friends.
Benjamin's Beach features a playground, picnic area, basketball court, food stand, marina, and fishing dock. If you are in the area during summer time, you can enjoy some free concerts given in the evening at the beach itself. This is a Tier I beach.

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Water Quality

Met water quality standards less than 60% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on September 6th, 2019. The Swim Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on September 9th, 2019 at 11:47 AM.

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Suffolk County Health Services tests the water quality from a month prior to Memorial Day until Labor Day. Tier I beaches are tested 2-3 times per week and Tier II beaches are tested at least once per week, with more frequent testing at beaches where water quality changes often. Tier I and Tier II beaches are retested if a sample exceeds water quality standards. Additional samples are taken from Tier I and Tier II beaches prone to water quality issues from stormwater runoff after heavy rainfall. Several samples are taken from Tier I and Tier II beaches. The samples are taken at knee depth, near known and potential pollution sources and from the most popular swimming spots. Tier III beaches are tested once a month from June 15 to Labour Day. A marine beach is marked Green when there are equal to or less than 104 units of Enterococci per 100 ml of water and when the geometric mean of 5 samples contain 35 units / 100ml of water or less.A freshwater beach is marked Green when single sample results are 235 units of E.coli per 100 ml of water or less and when the geometric mean of 5 samples contain less than 126 units / 100ml of water or less.A marine beach is marked Red when a single sample exceeds 104 units of Enterococci per 100 ml of water or when the geometric mean of 5 samples contain more than 35 units / 100ml of water.A freshwater beach is marked Red when a single sample exceeds 235 units of E.coli per 100 ml of water or when the geometric mean of 5 samples contain more than 126 units / 100ml of water .A beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

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