Shady

Shady Beach is adjoined with Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk along Long Island Sound. It was opened in the 1960s, a few decades after the formal opening of Calf Pasture Beach. Amenities at Shady Beach include a park area, barbecue grills, and restrooms. Shady Beach is also a great place to enjoy a picnic with family and friends in the shaded picnic area.

There is a lifeguard on duty during the summer season. There are fees in place for nonresident parking at Shady Beach. You can purchase parking passes at the beach.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.

For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.

Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample. Waterkeeper Alliance North updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available.

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Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Calf Pasture Norwalk, Connecticut	Norwalk, Connecticut	Current Status
Harbor View Norwalk, Connecticut	Norwalk, Connecticut	Current Status
Marvin Norwalk, Connecticut	Norwalk, Connecticut	Current Status
Shore and Country Norwalk, Connecticut	Norwalk, Connecticut	Current Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Calf Pasture

Norwalk, Connecticut

Current Status

Harbor View

Norwalk, Connecticut

Current Status

Marvin

Norwalk, Connecticut

Current Status

Shore and Country

Norwalk, Connecticut

Current Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.