{"id":365886,"date":"2026-06-18T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/365886\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:22:12","slug":"state-shuts-oakland-beach-briar-point-to-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/365886\/","title":{"rendered":"State Shuts Oakland Beach, Briar Point, To Swimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oakland-Beach-Closed-Briar-Point-Beach-Closed.png\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"[CREDIT: RIDOH] The RI Department of Health and DEM have shut Oakland Beach (red point, right) and Briar Point Beach (red point, left) to swimmers due to high bacteria counts\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-172351 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oakland-Beach-Closed-Briar-Point-Beach-Closed.png\" alt=\"[CREDIT: RIDOH] The RI Department of Health and DEM have shut Oakland Beach (red point, right) and Briar Point Beach (red point, left) to swimmers due to high bacteria counts\" width=\"858\" height=\"467\"  \/>[CREDIT: RIDOH] The RI Department of Health and DEM have shut Oakland Beach (red point, right) and Briar Point Beach (red point, left) to swimmers due to high bacteria countsWARWICK, RI \u2014 The RI Department of Health has advised closing Oakland Beach for high bacteria counts found in recent testing at the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The department announced the closure June 16, citing high levels of Enterocci bacteria. \u202fThe swimming areas at \u00a0Briar Point Beach in Coventry Easton\u2019s Beach in Newport \u202fwere also recommended for closure.<\/p>\n<p>To check the status of beaches, use the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arcg.is\/0SaKyX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Beach Viewer map<\/a>. This map also reflects the most up-to-date information on water quality status at licensed beaches in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>RIDOH will continue to\u202fmonitor\u202fand review\u00a0beach\u00a0water quality through Labor Day. The status of a\u00a0beach\u00a0may change as new data becomes available. The most up-to-date\u00a0beach\u00a0information is available through a recorded message on RIDOH\u2019s\u00a0beaches\u00a0telephone line\u00a0401-222-2751. A list of closed\u00a0beaches\u00a0can also be accessed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/health.ri.gov\/beaches\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/health.ri.gov\/beaches&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1781879342315000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ozTTIANjjGnhQFx7qFjpD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">health.ri.gov\/beaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/warwickpost.com\/report-ri-beach-bacteria-requires-sewer-updates-to-fix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report: RI Beach Bacteria Requires Sewer Updates to Fix<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2024,\u00a025 state beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on more than one-quarter of days tested, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/rhodeisland\/center\/resources\/safe-for-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/rhodeisland\/center\/resources\/safe-for-swimming\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752351723855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZN9HULBp8jpF9-SD8wLFR\">Safe for Swimming?<\/a>, Environment Rhode Island Research &amp; Policy Center\u2019s latest analysis of bacteria testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[CREDIT: RIDOH] The RI Department of Health and DEM have shut Oakland Beach (red point, right) and Briar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-365886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}