Rhode Island Department of Health, Cannon Building CC BY-SA 4.0

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has announced that they have recommended that the swimming area at Spouting Rock Beach Association and Camp Fuller YMCA has reopened for swimming.

This comes after the bacteria counts at the beaches returned to safe levels, according to RIDOH.

The RIDOH will continue to monitor the water quality at the beaches and will make any changes as needed.

For the most up-to-date information on beach conditions, you can call the RIDOH’s beaches telephone line at 401-222-2751.

2024 Beach Season Closures

BeachCity/TownClosed OnRe-OpenedNumber of Days Closed
ConimicutWarwick6/6/20246/11/20245
Briar PointCoventry6/25/20246/27/20242
Hope Community Service PondScituate6/25/20246/27/20242
Barrington Town BeachBarrington6/27/20246/28/20241
Governor Notte Park BeachNorth Providence7/9/20247/11/20242
Kingston’s CampKingston7/11/20247/13/20242
Camp HoffmanKingston7/11/20247/13/20242
Hope Community Service PondScituate7/16/20247/26/202410
Colaluca Family CampgroundFoster7/19/20247/23/20244
Kent County YMCAWarwick7/25/20247/26/20241
Kingston’s CampKingston7/25/20247/31/20246
Camp HoffmanKingston7/25/20247/27/20242
City ParkWarwick7/30/20248/1/20242
Oakland BeachWarwick7/30/20248/1/20242
ConimicutWarwick7/30/20248/1/20242
Bristol Town BeachBristol7/30/20248/1/20242
Warren Town BeachWarren7/30/20248/1/20242
Sandy Point BeachPortsmouth7/30/20248/1/20242
Camp Fuller YMCASouth Kingstown7/31/20248/1/20241
Spouting Rock Beach AssociationNewport7/31/20248/2/20242

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...

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