Recreational water quality

Swimming and recreational water sports are popular activities on the Redlands Coast.

Redland City Council proactively monitors the water quality at several popular beaches on Redland Coast.

Monitoring is conducted regularly throughout the year across the mainland, Southern Moreton Bay Islands and North Stradbroke Island.

Click on the top right-hand corner of below map to zoom on a selected site. 

Find out more about monitoring recreational waterways in South-East Queensland in the Healthy Land & Water, Healthy Waterplay booklet and the Healthy Waterways website.

Managing health risks associated with recreational water

When enjoying waterways on Redlands Coast, it’s important to be aware of water quality issues that may make primary contact recreation unsafe.

Impacts to water quality occurs when harmful pathogens are washed into our waterways, which can occur during heavy rainfall events.

Council recommends you avoid primary contact recreation during and three days after these events.

When water quality monitoring shows unsafe levels of Enterococci bacteria, Council may:

  • temporarily close the site to primary contact recreation
  • place temporary warning signage at the site, inform the community and
  • continue to monitor the site until it is safe to swim

Monitoring Results

Check out the latest monitoring results by searching for a selected site in the map. Monitoring results are displayed in a traffic light system.

SafeSafe for primary contact activities.

  • Latest monitoring results show enterococci bacteria levels are below 200 CFUs/100ml.

Caution

Caution should be taken engaging in primary contact activities.

  •    Latest monitoring results show enterococci bacteria levels are currently above 200 CFUs/100ml, with subsequent water sampling continuing at this site

Closed

Closed - not suitable for recreational purposes. It's advised to avoid contact with the water at this time. Latest monitoring results show enterococci bacteria levels continue to be above 200 CFUs/100ml.

 

Further information for safe use of our waterways can be found on the Healthy Waterways website.

 

Temporary Warning Signage

If Council's Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Program confirms high levels of bacteria in recreational waters, temporary warning signage will be placed at the affected beaches, to help keep the community informed.

These plastic signs state 'WARNING DO NOT SWIM - Potentially high levels of bacteria in these waters may pose a risk to human health'. Once subsequent testing has confirmed that the recreational water sites have returned to safe and acceptable levels, the signage will be removed.

The National Guideline for Managing Risks in Recreational Waters is used to manage the risks associated with recreational water and to determine when temporary signage should be installed or removed.

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