Lovers Beach

Eight Mile Rock, Bahamas

Managed by Save The Bays / Waterkeepers Bahamas

Lovers Beach is a Public Access Beach in the settlement of Eight Mile Rock, West Grand Bahama. It is a heavy traffic area for cargo and oil vessels as it is less than a mile away from an industrialized harbor.

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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 February 16th, 2023. Save The Bays / Waterkeepers Bahamas updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on February 17th, 2023 at 2:47 PM.

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

Waterkeepers Bahamas monitors 17 beach sites within its region, on the islands of Bimini, Grand Bahama and the western-bays in New Providence. These samples are collected and processed by Waterkeepers Bahamas staff, volunteers and students Cadets.

All sites are marine (salt) water.

Water samples are tested for Enterococcus at all sites, utilizing the standardized US EPA criteria of 141 CFU/100 ml for collecting and analyzing water samples.

Sampling is collected all year long, but the frequency of collection is few during the colder months.

Water samples collected from April 1 to October 31. Samples are collected every 2 weeks. From November to March, samples are collected once per month. Samples are typically collected on Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Results are communicated through the Swim Guide app, and are also posted on the Save The Bays (www.savethebays.bs) website, and on social media for Waterkeepers Bahamas and Save The Bays.

Beaches are marked GREEN when single sample results are under 141 Enterococcus per 100 ml water.

Beaches are marked RED when single sample results are equal to or over 141 Enterococcus per 100 ml water. They have FAILED to meet water quality standards.

Beaches are marked GREY when there is no current information or water sample results.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Taino Beach Freeport, Bahamas	Freeport, Bahamas	Historical Status
Silver Point (Williams Town) Freeport, Bahamas	Freeport, Bahamas	Historical Status
Xanadu Beach Freeport, Bahamas	Freeport, Bahamas	Historical Status
Coral Beach Freeport, Bahamas	Freeport, Bahamas	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Taino Beach

Freeport, Bahamas

Historical Status

Silver Point (Williams Town)

Freeport, Bahamas

Historical Status

Xanadu Beach

Freeport, Bahamas

Historical Status

Coral Beach

Freeport, Bahamas

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.