Connecticut    
      
Number of BEACH Act Beaches Reported    
CountyTotal CountMonitored CountNot Monitored CountTier 4 (B)*Beach Length (Mi)
Fairfield3030007.87
Middlesex4400.71
New Haven2626004.91
New London1313001.95
Only coastal beaches are included on these lists.

For more information contact:    
Contact NameContact EmailContact PhoneAgency Name    Agency URL   
David KallanderDavid.Kallander@ct.gov860-936-1125Department of Public HealthWebsite
List of Beaches    
State Code: CT, County: Fairfield
Beach NameMonitoredNot MonitoredTier RankCommentsBeach
Length (Mi)
BELL ISLAND BEACHYes-1-.12
BURYING HILL BEACHYes-1-.08
BYRAM BEACHYes-3-.11
CALF PASTURE BEACHYes-1-.2
COMPO BEACHYes-1-.54
CUMMINGS BEACHYes-3-.26
EAST (COVE ISLAND) BEACHYes-3-.18
GREAT CAPTAIN'S ISLAND BEACHYes-1-.22
GREENWICH POINT BEACHYes-3-.4
HICKORY BLUFF BEACHYes-2-0
ISLAND BEACHYes-2-.18
JENNINGS BEACHYes-2-.39
LONG BEACH (MARNICK'S)Yes-1-.04
LONG BEACH (PROPER)Yes-1-.31
MARVIN BEACHYes-2-0
PEAR TREE POINT BEACHYes-3-.2
PENFIELD BEACHYes-2-.21
PLEASURE BEACH-BRIDGEPORTYes-1-.05
QUIGLEY BEACHYes-3-.1
ROWAYTON BEACHYes-1-.02
SASCO BEACHYes-2-.13
SEABRIGHT BEACHYes-1-.02
SEASIDE PARK BEACHYes-1-1.8
SHADY BEACHYes-1-.21
SHERWOOD ISLAND STATE PARK BEACHYes-1-1.19
SHORT BEACHYes-2-.48
SOUTH PINE CREEK BEACHYes-2-.03
SOUTHPORT BEACHYes-2-.16
WEED BEACHYes-3-.09
WEST BEACHYes-3-.15
Count: 30Count: 30Count: 0
State Code: CT, County: Middlesex
Beach NameMonitoredNot MonitoredTier RankCommentsBeach
Length (Mi)
HARVEY'S BEACHYes-1-.05
TOWN BEACH (CLINTON)Yes-2-.09
TOWN BEACH (OLD SAYBROOK)Yes-1-.04
WESTBROOK TOWN BEACH/WEST BEACHYes-1-.54
Count: 4Count: 4Count: 0
State Code: CT, County: New Haven
Beach NameMonitoredNot MonitoredTier RankCommentsBeach
Length (Mi)
ALTSCHULER BEACHYes-1-.09
ANCHOR BEACH (MERWIN POINT) #1Yes-1-.05
ANCHOR BEACH (MERWIN POINT) #2Yes-1-.11
BRANFORD POINT BEACHYes-1-.09
CLARK AVENUE BEACHYes-2-.04
DAWSON BEACHYes-1-.11
EAST HAVEN TOWN BEACHYes-1-.16
EAST WHARF BEACHYes-1-.07
GULF BEACHYes-1-.22
HAMMONASSET BEACH STATE PARK BEACHYes-1-1.93
JACOBS BEACH (TOWN BEACH)Yes-2-.09
LIGHTHOUSE POINT BEACHYes-1-.14
MORSE BEACHYes-1-.07
OAK STREET A BEACHYes-1-.08
OAK STREET B BEACHYes-2-.09
PENT ROAD BEACHYes-1-.06
ROCK STREET BEACHYes-2-.07
SEABLUFF BEACHYes-2-.16
SEAVIEW BEACHYes-2-.11
SILVER SANDS STATE PARK BEACHYes-1-.17
SOUTH STREET BEACHYes-2-.05
STONY CREEK BEACHYes-2-.02
SURF CLUB BEACHYes-1-.21
WALNUT BEACHYes-1-.36
WEST WHARF BEACHYes-1-.1
WOODMONT BEACHYes-1-.29
Count: 26Count: 26Count: 0
State Code: CT, County: New London
Beach NameMonitoredNot MonitoredTier RankCommentsBeach
Length (Mi)
DUBOIS BEACHYes-1-.02
EASTERN POINT BEACHYes-1-.13
ESKER POINT BEACHYes-1-.02
GREEN HARBOR BEACHYes-1-.08
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL BEACHYes-1-.11
MCCOOK POINT BEACHYes-1-.12
NOANK DOCKYes-1-.01
OCEAN BEACH PARKYes-1-.29
PLEASURE BEACH-WATERFORDYes-1-.12
ROCKY NECK STATE PARK BEACHYes-2-.37
SOUNDVIEW BEACHYes-1-.21
WATERFORD TOWN BEACHYes-1-.33
WHITE SANDS BEACHYes-1-.15
Count: 13Count: 13Count: 0
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*CWA SEC. 406 ”(g) LIST OF WATERS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of publication of performance criteria under subsection (a), based on information made available to the Administrator, the Administrator shall identify, and maintain a list of, discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public that— ‘‘(A) specifies any waters described in this paragraph that are subject to a monitoring and notification program consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a); and ‘‘(B) specifies any waters described in this paragraph for which there is no monitoring and notification program (including waters for which fiscal constraints will prevent the State or the Administrator from performing monitoring and notification consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a)).

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