Bass Beach

Managed by New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Bass Beach is a small beach located along the Atlantic Ocean in North Hampton. It's a popular spot for surfing, but there are no amenities or lifeguards here. You can access the beach from Route 1A.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 17th, 2021. New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on August 31st, 2021 at 2:10 PM.

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Current Weather

16°C

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services monitors water quality at beaches in the state from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Water samples are collected several times a week throughout the swimming season. When advisories are issued, they are posted on the DES website and on its beach advisory Twitter feed (@NHDES_Beaches).

Swim Guide checks for the latest information daily during the monitoring season.

A beach is marked Green when it meets water quality standards.

A freshwater beach is marked Red when two consecutive samples exceed 88 counts of E. coli per 100ml or when the geometric mean of at least three samples collected in a 60-day period exceeds 47 counts of E. coli per 100ml of water.

A marine beach is marked Red when two consecutive samples exceed 104 counts of Enterococci per 100ml or when the geometric mean of at least three samples collected in a 60-day period exceeds 35 counts of Enterococci per 100ml of water.

A beach is marked Grey when current or reliable information is unavailable.

Water Quality Graph

Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Northside Park North Hampton, New Hampshire	North Hampton, New Hampshire	Current Status
Jenness Beach State Park Rye, New Hampshire	Rye, New Hampshire	Current Status
Sawyer Beach Rye, New Hampshire	Rye, New Hampshire	Current Status
North Hampton State Beach North Hampton, New Hampshire	North Hampton, New Hampshire	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.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	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.