Catawba Island

Port Clinton, Ohio

Managed by Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide

Catawba Island Beach offers a picnic shelter, fishing pier, and launch ramps. In the winter you can enjoy activities such as ice fishing and skating.

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Water Quality

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on May 31st, 2023. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on June 1st, 2023 at 3:24 PM.

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Current Weather

15°C

Clear and sunny

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

Ohio County Health Departments sample most beaches from Memorial Day weekend to Labour Day weekend. Beaches on Lake Erie are sampled on a daily - weekly schedule depending on the beach. Swim Guide checks the Ohio BeachGuard System daily for E. coli postings and the Ohio EPA Harmful Algae Bloom advisory website for postings. http://epa.ohio.gov/habalgae.aspx

A beach is marked Green when a single sample shows enterococci counts below 235 units/ 100 ml of water.

A beach is marked Red when a single sample shows enterococci counts above 200 units/ 100 ml or when Harmful Algae Blooms are confirmed at the beach.

A beach is marked Grey when reliable or up-to-date information is not available.

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Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
East Harbor Marblehead, Ohio	Marblehead, Ohio	Historical Status
South Bass Island Put-in-Bay, Ohio	Put-in-Bay, Ohio	Historical Status
Port Clinton (Lakeview) Port Clinton, Ohio	Port Clinton, Ohio	Historical Status
Lakeside Beach Marblehead, Ohio	Marblehead, Ohio	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.