Bathing Advisories Issued at 9 Area Beaches

Following Sunday's heavy rainfall, Suffolk County officials have placed 47 beaches – including nine in the Miller Place-Rocky Point area – under a beach advisory due to elevated levels of bacteria, and have cautioned residents to avoid bathing in these areas.

According to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, these beaches are "heavily influenced by stormwater runoff from the surrounding watersheds and/or adjacent tributaries." Two successive tidal cycles will usually fix the problem by flushing the area, according to the county.

The local beaches listed are:

• Beach Road Beach, Rocky Point
• Broadway Beach, Rocky Point
• Friendship Drive Beach, Rocky Point
• Terraces on the Sound, Rocky Point
• Miller Place Park Beach, Miller Place
• Woodhull Landing POA Beach, Miller Place
• Scotts Beach, Sound Beach
• Sound Beach POA West, Sound Beach
• Tides Beach, Sound Beach

The advisory is set to expire at 6 a.m. Tuesday unless the Department of Health Services again finds elevated levels of bacteria.

For updated information, residents can call the Bathing Beach hotline at 852-5822, contact the Department's Office of Ecology at 631-852-5760 during normal business hours, or visit the website, and under “Our Mission,” “Our Environment,” on the home page, click “Beaches.”