Laguna Beach Advisory Underway, Due To Elevated Bacteria

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — An ocean advisory remains in place in Laguna Beach, at Broadway Creek at Main Beach, near Hotel Laguna, officials reported.

Elevated bacteria levels associated with urban and storm runoff can impact the ocean and bay waters, a spokesperson for OC Healthcare said. Those bacteria levels are high enough where they could make swimmers ill.

Swimmers were advised to avoid swimming in the "mixing zone" between runoff and receiving ocean water. In Laguna Beach, swimmers were told to avoid the area 75 feet upcoast and 75 feet downcoast of Broadway Creek at Laguna Main Beach.

"A weekly surf sample is taken at the north end of Hotel Laguna where the drain outlet and ocean mix," they reported. "The current status is based upon the most recent sampling results."

According to the Orange County Healthcare Agency, water samples are collected at least once a week to five times a week.

That is the only location in Laguna Beach as of this report where the ocean water bacteria levels exceed health standards.

Elsewhere along the coast, warnings were in place in Newport Bay, Dana Point at San Juan Creek at Doheny State Beach, and San Clemente at Pico Drain at the north end of North Beach, and San Clemente, at the San Clemente Pier.

This warning has been in place for over 30 days, according to OC Healthcare, and the latest update to this report was Tuesday, March 3. For more information, visit: ocbeachinfo.com