People planning to visit any of nine area beaches should avoid swimming, surfing or playing in ocean waters due to high bacteria levels, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health warned this week.
The affected beaches are:
— Malibu Lagoon at Surfrider Beach, 100 yards up and down the coast from the public restrooms
— Marie Canyon storm drain at Puerco Beach in Malibu, 100 yards up and down the coast from the public access steps
— Castlerock storm drain at Topanga County Beach, 100 yards up and down the coast from the storm drain
— Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, entire swim area
— Mothers Beach in Marina Del Rey, entire swim area
— Santa Monica Pier, 100 yards up and down the coast from the pier
— Pico-Kenter storm drain at Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica South Tower 20, 100 yards up and down the coast from the storm drain
— Herondo Street storm drain in Hermosa Beach, 100 yards up and down the coast from the storm drain
— Walnut Creek at Paradise Cove, 100 yards up and down the coast from the creek
Those beaches had bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested, the health department said.
Meanwhile, earlier warnings have been lifted for the waters at the Avenue I storm drain at Redondo Beach and at Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu — where recent samples produced water-quality levels within state standards, the health department said.
Recorded information on beach conditions is available 24 hours a day on the county’s beach closure hotline, 1-800-525-5662. A map of impacted locations and more information can be found at PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/