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Water quality and public health risk
What causes poor water quality at beaches and in rivers and lakes?
What is the risk of illness from swimming in recreational waters?
What is the risk of illness if I am sailing or paddling?
What should I do if I become sick after swimming?
What should I do if I notice pollution or spot someone in trouble?
Can I gather shellfish/kai moana from urban beaches?
What are cyanobacteria and why are they a problem?
How Safeswim works
What is Safeswim’s water quality advice based on?
How accurate is Safeswim’s water quality information?
What types of models does Safeswim use?
Do you still carry out water quality sampling?
What are black pins based on?
What is a long-term alert (permanent red pin)?
Other
Why is my local beach not on Safeswim?
Why is my beach pin red and the neighbouring beach pin is green?
Black pins seem to be showing up more often. Why is this?
Why are there no warning signs at the beaches?
Why aren’t beaches closed if there is a health risk?
What is being done to improve recreational water quality?
What other dangers should I watch out for at the beach or in lakes and rivers?
Meteorological information
Where is the tide data sourced from?
How are the wind speeds at each site calculated?
How are the sea temperatures at each site calculated?
Where is the weather data sourced from?