Jenness Beach State Park

This oceanfront beach is located along Ocean Boulevard (Route 1A) in Rye. The sandy beach is a great place for families looking to swim or picnic. The beach is open from April through October, but lifeguards are only on duty from the end of May through early September. There are restrooms/changeroom here that are open during the summer season. Parking is available at metered parking spots along Route 1A.

This beach is monitored twice a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 23th, 2018. 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 7th, 2018 at 12:20 PM.

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Current Weather

-1°C

Mostly clear

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Source Information

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

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Bass Beach North Hampton, New Hampshire	North Hampton, New Hampshire	Current Status
Foss Beach Rye, New Hampshire	Rye, New Hampshire	Current Status
Jenness Beach at Cable Road Rye, New Hampshire	Rye, New Hampshire	Current Status
Sawyer Beach Rye, New Hampshire	Rye, New Hampshire	Current Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Bass Beach

North Hampton, New Hampshire

Current Status

Foss Beach

Rye, New Hampshire

Current Status

Jenness Beach at Cable Road

Rye, New Hampshire

Current Status

Sawyer Beach

Rye, 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.

	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.