Catawba Island

Port Clinton, Ohio

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.

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
Monitoring Frequency

Catawba Island is sampled weekly from May 24th to August 28th.

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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Catawba Island

Port Clinton, Ohio

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.
For water quality icon legend, click:  
Current Weather
15°C
Clear and sunny

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.

Monitoring Frequency

Catawba Island is sampled weekly from May 24th to August 28th.

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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