{"id":18531,"date":"2026-06-11T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=18531"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:03:13","slug":"swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 11, 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Media Contact<\/strong>:\u00a0 Tes La Dieu, Population Health Manager,\u00a0(757) 594-7411<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HAMPTON, Va. &#8211; The Hampton Health District has received results from sampling completed on Wednesday June 10, 2026.\u00a0These results indicate that bacteria levels in the water at Buckroe Beach South meet the state water quality standards for recreational waters.\u00a0 The swimming advisory is no longer in effect at this location.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental health officials sample Buckroe North, Buckroe South, Buckroe Middle, Fort Monroe, and Salt Ponds public beaches on a weekly basis during the swimming season from May to September.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are reminded to observe the following guidelines as they enjoy the summer swimming season:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not swim in water that looks stagnant, muddy, or smells unpleasant.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid swallowing river, stream, lakes, or other recreational water.<\/li>\n<li>Prevent direct contact between broken skin and recreational water.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid swimming in natural water bodies (rivers, streams, lakes, etc.) for several days after heavy rainfall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/\">current advisories<\/a>\u00a0before visiting local beaches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 11, 2026 Media Contact:\u00a0 Tes La Dieu, Population Health Manager,\u00a0(757) 594-7411 &nbsp; Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South HAMPTON, Va. &#8211; The Hampton Health District has received results from sampling completed on Wednesday June 10, 2026.\u00a0These results indicate that bacteria levels in the water at Buckroe Beach South meet the state water quality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":0,"parent":16853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1740,1002,991,83],"class_list":["post-18531","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-beach-advisory","tag-buckroe-beach-south","tag-hampton-health-district","tag-swimming-advisory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 11, 2026 Media Contact:\u00a0 Tes La Dieu, Population Health Manager,\u00a0(757) 594-7411 &nbsp; Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South HAMPTON, Va. &#8211; The Hampton Health District has received results from sampling completed on Wednesday June 10, 2026.\u00a0These results indicate that bacteria levels in the water at Buckroe Beach South meet the state water quality [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\\\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South - Newsroom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-11T20:03:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"2026 Regional News Releases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/public-relations-contacts\\\/2026-regional-news-releases\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South - Newsroom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South - Newsroom","og_description":"June 11, 2026 Media Contact:\u00a0 Tes La Dieu, Population Health Manager,\u00a0(757) 594-7411 &nbsp; Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South HAMPTON, Va. &#8211; The Hampton Health District has received results from sampling completed on Wednesday June 10, 2026.\u00a0These results indicate that bacteria levels in the water at Buckroe Beach South meet the state water quality [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/","name":"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South - Newsroom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-06-11T20:03:13+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/swimming-advisory-lifted-for-buckroe-beach-south\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Newsroom","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"2026 Regional News Releases","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Swimming Advisory Lifted for Buckroe Beach South"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18532,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18531\/revisions\/18532"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}