3 Vancouver Island beaches declared unfit for swimming

 https://victoriabuzz.com/2025/06/3-vancouver-island-beaches-declared-unfit-for-swimming-this-month

This crappy situation has been going on for several years in BC. Why would backwards BC let some beaches go to shit? 

https://www.vicnews.com/community/swimmers-limited-by-swath-of-greater-victoria-water-warnings-8090552

Hopefully, BC will never send a delegation to Australia, NZ, Hawaii, California, Texas & Florida to show them how its done. Fortunately, all those places understand how important it is for the tourism industry to not lower their standards.

Even the beach resorts in Mexico understand that it's not a good idea to let it go to shit. Perhaps there is just a growing give up mentality in backwater BC.

https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2020/08/09/no-swimming-at-sunset-beach/

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/water-at-metro-beaches-unfit-for-swimming-for-50-days-last-year

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/swimming-advisories-issued-for-three-vancouver-beaches/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/west-end-beaches-unfit-for-swimming-2958828

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metro+Vancouver+beaches

Several Metro Vancouver beaches closed to swimming due to E. coli

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-beaches-e-coli-1.7588222

https://www.vch.ca/en/service/public-beach-water-quality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Beach_(Vancouver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Beach_(Vancouver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsilano_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Banks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Bay,_Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_Beach , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_Beach#Swimming_and_ocean_water_quality

Its imarapartive that an urban beach be reasonably clean, especially the water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alki_Point,_Seattle , https://visitseattle.org/neighborhoods/west-seattle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondi_Beach

https://thecapetownblog.com/best-beaches , https://www.go2africa.com/african-travel-blog/cape-towns-best-beaches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island , https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/beaches/3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana,_Rio_de_Janeiro

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/best-beaches-in-france , https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-07-27/the-best-beaches-in-france

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile,_Durban

https://www.visitmelbourne.com/regions/melbourne/see-and-do/nature-and-wildlife/beaches-and-coastlines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Beach_(Miami_Beach) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Isles_Beach,_Florida

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_State_Beach , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California#Climate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadbeach,_Queensland

Waikīkī beach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB  ,  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB#Water_quality  ,

https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/us/hawaii-waikiki-beach-closed-sewage/index.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metro+Vancouver+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+beaches

The best beaches in Vancouver, BC

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/best-beaches-vancouver

Summer is so damn short in Vancouver. Only June, July & August are usually the hottest months, because by the 2nd week of September things start to cool down. 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/june-weather/53286?year=2025 There were only 5 days in June that got above 25C.

 https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/kitsilano-beach.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/beaches.aspx

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/parks-gardens-and-beaches.aspx

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/july-weather/53286 Wow, there might actually be one day in July that could reach or exceed 30C.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/august-weather/53286?year=2025 No 30C days in the August forecast. 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/september-weather/53286?year=2025 No 25C days are in the September forecast. Then, for the 2nd half of the month it will be tough enough just to reach 20C.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/may-weather/53286?year=2025 Back in May, only one day got above 25C.

Hot weather kept bypassing Vancouver and went up to Alaska & Yukon.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+beaches

E. coli levels jumped in False Creek and at English Bay beaches after sewer leaks

 https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/ecoli-jumped-english-bay-beaches-sewer-leak

For some reason, most cities with beaches aren't interested in emulating Vancouver's shitty approach to things.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/beaches-unsafe-swimming-e-coli

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+shitty+BC+agenda

No-swimming advisories at several Metro Vancouver beaches due to E. coli (WTH?)

 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6835823

https://globalnews.ca/news/11293631/metro-vancouver-beaches-closed-ecoli/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/no-swimming-at-5-metro-vancouver-beaches-due-to-e-coli/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-beaches-ecoli-advisories-july-2025

https://www.vch.ca/en/service/public-beach-water-quality

There really should be a concerted effort to clean this situation up. This isn't good for the residents or for the tourists.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metro+Vancouver+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC+beaches

Metro Vancouver beaches with E.coli advisories

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/interactive-map-vancouver-beaches-e-coli-advisories-2024-9130797

Despite Vancouver being cold, depressing & damp for half of the year, the urban beaches should be in better shape. Plus, there should be a lot more hotel rooms in the metropolitan region.

Fortunately, other urban beaches around the world realize that it hurts their tourism business if they have crappy beaches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland#Sport_and_recreation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland#Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Isles_Beach,_Florida

https://www.miamiandbeaches.com/things-to-do/beaches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheraton_Waikiki_Hotel This hotel isn't 64 stories, it only has 32, but it has over 1600 rooms. Vancouver has been very reluctant to have wide buildings like this.

Number of rooms	1636
Number of suites	131
Number of restaurants	2

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Sheraton_Waikiki_from_Waikiki_Beach.jpg In Vancouver, its tough enough just to have a hotel with 700 rooms.

https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/united-states/honolulu/hyatt-regency-waikiki-resort---spa Over 1200 rooms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Seattle 1260 rooms.

It's been very difficult for Vancouver to think, plan & build on a big scale. Especially, with some of the most restrictive building limits around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Vancouver 650 rooms. Despite not being close to a beach, there should have been a provision to have a 2nd tower next to the Hyatt_Regency_Vancouver. Or, enough space to double the width of the existing building. Or, add about 20 floors to the single hotel tower. If the Royal_Centre complex was always going to just consist of 2 towers, then the office tower & the hotel tower should have been designed to eventually add another 20 stories. Not a problem for Seattle or Calgary, because they are allowed to be proper big cities.

https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-hotels/en-US/yvrph-hyatt-vancouver-downtown-alberni Only about a quarter of Vancouver's tallest building is a hotel.

Cleaner beaches and more support for tourism would be of great benefit to Vancouver & BC. Especially, for taller & wider hotels, but that's what a big city would do. Vancouver is still a small-minded city that occasionally likes to pretend that its grown up.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metro+Vancouver+beaches

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=hotel+rooms

German brewery makes beer with sewage water

 https://www.dw.com/en/german-brewery-makes-beer-with-sewage-water/video-69430566

BC's loss & Germany's gain, but Vancouver still has Shit+Creek Creek. 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-vancouver-beaches-close-amid-high-e-coli-levels-prompting-criticism/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-beach-e-coli-closure

https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2019/07/22/coliform-counts-closed-beaches-vancouvers-dirty-little-secret/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/health-advisory-in-place-for-kitsilano-beach-1.5244259

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/kitsilano-beach.aspx At some point it might be renamed, SHITS BEACH.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/cj3ci5/oh_shit_kits_beach

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-vancouvers-beaches-are-being-fouled-too-frequently/

https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/combined-sewer-overflows.aspx

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Shit+Creek

Vancouver Park Board to consider extended beach hours around summer solstice

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/legalize-sunsets-vancouver-park-board-to-consider-extended-beach-hours-around-summer-solstice/ 

Vancouver is such a strange and backwards provincial city.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/no-fun-city-calls-to-extend-hours-at-vancouver-beaches/

For a city that claims that it doesn't have a NO FUN CITY (NFC) vibe, it occasionally keep emerging. 

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/25/vancouver-police-english-bay-beach-sweeps-questions/ 

Fortunately, the mind virus that is Vancouver hasn't caught on with most cities around the world.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/people-escorted-off-vancouver-beaches-2024-9130597 

It's one thing if some people living close to the beach don't want to hear drinking parties going on until 2 or 3 AM. However, reasonably behaved people should be able to enjoy summer sunsets from a beach vantage point. Summer goes by too quickly in BC, so the best time to enjoy the beach is during the summer. 

To think that there used to be a Vancouver Sea Festival. Fortunately, Vancouver was unable to get Seattle to give up on its Seafair. https://www.seafair.org/what-is-seafair

Vancouver was never able to waterdown the Calgary_Stampede. https://www.calgarystampede.com 

Vancouver should be making it easier to have summer festivals, not more difficult.

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouvers-african-descent-festival-shutters-amid-dispute-over-city-imposed-costs 

Hopefully, the Vancouver Mind Virus (VMV) will never be accepted in proper cities around the world.

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/unpermitted-african-descent-festival-aug-2025.aspx 

https://vancouversbestplaces.com/events-calendar/festivals-and-events/african-descent-festival  

Fortunately, the Caribana Festival is far away from backwards Vancouver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribana#Economics_and_impact May it never be watered down or cancelled by anything like the Vancouver Mind Virus. The VMV is so horrible, don't let it take over your city.