East Lyme - Attawan Beach

Attawan Beach is a private beach and fishing pier open to homeowners of the Attawan Beach Community. There are life guards on duty during the monitoring season. The population of the Niantic Community also known as East Lyme doubles in the summer months as this area is well known for it's beaches, sports fishing, marinas and boardwalk.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is still essential. Only go to the beach if you are able to keep 6 feet or 2 meters away from others. Follow the instructions provided by your local health authorities. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter our efforts to curb the virus’s spread.

Water Quality

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 29th, 2022. Swim Guide - Main updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on September 2nd, 2022 at 11:28 AM.

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

Ledge Light Health District monitors water quality at beaches in this region from mid-May to mid-September. Water samples are collected at weekly from different bathing areas. Advisories are posted to the health district website.

Swim Guide checks the advisories daily, during the monitoring season.

A beach is marked Green when bacteria counts are below 104 units / 100ml of marine water or 235 / 100ml of fresh water,

A beach is marked Red when two consecutive samples exceed 104 bacteria units / 100ml of marine water or 235 / 100ml of fresh water

A beach is marked Grey when there is no recent or reliable information available.

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Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
East Lyme - McCook Point (Main) East Lyme, Connecticut	East Lyme, Connecticut	Historical Status
East Lyme - Black Point Beach (Osprey) East Lyme, Connecticut	East Lyme, Connecticut	Historical Status
East Lyme - Black Point Beach (Nehantic) East Lyme, Connecticut	East Lyme, Connecticut	Historical Status
East Lyme - Oak Grove Beach Niantic, Connecticut	Niantic, Connecticut	Historical 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.