63 Suffolk beaches closed to bathing due to high bacteria levels, health officials say

Runoff from heavy rainfall has caused the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to issue an advisory against bathing at 63 area beaches, officials announced Wednesday.

The advisory will remain in effect through Thursday at 7 a.m., unless sampling reveals continued elevated levels of bacteria.

The beaches affected are:

Amityville Village Beach, Amityville;

Tanner Park, Copiague;

Venetian Shores Beach, West Babylon;

Sound Beach POA East, Sound Beach POA West, Scotts Beach and Tides Beach, Sound Beach;

Beech Road Beach, Broadway Beach, Terraces on the Sound, and Friendship Drive Beach, Rocky Point;

Shoreham Village Beach, Shoreham;

Shoreham Beach and Shoreham Shore Club Beach, East Shoreham;

Corey Beach, Blue Point;

Stony Brook Beach, Stony Brook;

Miller Place Park Beach, Miller Place;

Bayberry Cove Beach, Bayview Beach,

Grantland Beach, Indian Field Beach and Little Bay Beach, Setauket-East Setauket;

Soundview Beach Association Beach, Old Field;

Havens Beach, Sag Harbor;

Eagle Dock Community Beach, Cold Spring Harbor;

Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club Beach, West Neck Beach, Lloyd Neck Bath Club Beach, Lloyd Harbor Village Park Beach, Lloyd Harbor;

Gold Star Battalion Park Beach, Knollwood Beach Association Beach and Fleets Cove Beach, Huntington;

Head of the Bay Club Beach, Nathan Hale Beach Club Beach, Baycrest Assoication Beach, Bay Hills Beach Association, Wincoma Association Beach and Crescent Beach, Huntington Bay;

Centerport Beach, Huntington Beach Community Association Beach and Centerport Yacht Club Beach, Centerport;

Steers Beach, Hobart Beach, Callahans Beach, and Crab Meadow Beach, Northport;

Asharoken Beach, Asharoken; Valley Grove Beach and Prices Bend Beach, Eatons Neck;

West Islip Beach, West Islip; Benjamins Beach, Bay Shore;

Islip Beach and Bayberry Beach and Tennis Club Beach, Islip;

East Islip Beach, East Islip;

West Oaks Recreation Club Beach, West Sayville; Brightwaters Village Beach, Brightwaters;

Bayport Beach, Bayport;

Sayville Marina Park Beach, Sayville;

Ronkonkoma Beach, Ronkonkoma;

and, Short Beach, Nissequogue Point Beach, Long Beach and Schubert Beach, Nissequogue.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”