Living in Northland

Sites removed

Several sites were removed from the programme in 2007-08 because they had consistently good or poor water quality over a number of sampling seasons.

Find out more about sites removed from the programme

Annual recreational bathing water quality reports

Find the recreational bathing water quality reports in our Resource Library

Summer 2010 - 2011 results

The recreational bathing programme for the 2010-2011 has finished. The programme involved weekly sampling at 61 coastal sites and 24 freshwater sites, from 29 November 2010 to 16 February 2011, with selected high priority sites sampled until 25 March 2010.

 View the 2010-2011 results for Coastal Swimming Sites (117 KB)

 View the 2010-2011 results for Freshwater Swimming Sites (115 KB)

Summer 2009 - 2010 results

The recreational bathing programme for the 2009-2010 has finished. The programme involved weekly sampling at 63 coastal sites and 23 freshwater sites, from the end of November 2009 to 15 February 2010, with selected high priority sites sampled until 31 March 2010.

 View the 2009-2010 results for Coastal Swimming Sites (28 KB)

 View the 2009-2010 results for Freshwater Swimming Sites (17 KB)

Summer 2008 - 2009 results

The recreational bathing programme for 2008-2009 involved weekly sampling at 57 coastal sites and 25 freshwater sites, from the end of November 2008 to the start of March 2009.

 View 2008-2009 results for Whangarei coastal sites (18KB)

 View 2008 - 2009 results for Kaipara and Far North coastal sites (18KB)

 View 2008-2009 results for all freshwater sites (19KB)

Summer 2007 - 2008 results

The recreational bathing water quality programme for the 2007 - 2008 summer included weekly sampling at 54 coastal beaches from the end of November 2007 to the start of March 2008.

It also included weekly sampling at 19 freshwater swimming spots from the end of November 2007 to the start of March 2008.

 View 2007-2008 results for all coastal sites (78KB )

 View 2007-2008 results for all freshwater sites (44KB)

Summer 2006 - 2007 results

The recreational bathing programme for 2006-2007 involved weekly sampling at 57 coastal sites and 25 freshwater sites, from the end of November 2006 to the start of March 2007.

 View 2006-2007 results for all coastal sites (73KB)

 View 2006-2007 results for all freshwater sites (44KB)