--- title: Beach Report sampling sites, Port Phillip Bay resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/ publisher: Environment Protection Authority Victoria licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 36 fields: 5 source: https://apps.epa.vic.gov.au/datavic/Data_Vic/BeachReport/Beach_Report_enterococci_data.xlsx source_sha256: c79a26e6cf48afd749d9e13d5657dd6ac12199d31b6cf031463f8e93a08c02c0 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Beach Report sampling sites, Port Phillip Bay The 36 Port Phillip Bay beaches EPA Victoria samples for its Beach Report, with their site numbers and coordinates. Published by Environment Protection Authority Victoria under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Environment Protection Authority Victoria has not endorsed this site. Also called: EPA Beach Report site list, Port Phillip Bay monitored beaches. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.csv (2.4 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.xlsx (9.3 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.json (6.5 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.geojson (9.9 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.parquet (7.0 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.gpkg (66 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.geo.parquet (5.9 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.ndjson (6.2 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.arrow (6.0 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.csv.gz (848 B) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-beach-report-sites/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-beach-report-sites/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-beach-report-sites/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-beach-report-sites/aggregate?group=site_name&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `site_id` | integer | site_ID | | | `site_name` | string | site_name | | | `water_body` | string | water_body | | | `latitude` | number | latitude | | | `longitude` | number | longitude | | Key: `site_id`. ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 36 rows, 5 fields, sha256 c79a26e6cf48. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/history.tar.zst ## Part of EPA Beach Report water quality - [Beach Report enterococci samples, Port Phillip Bay, since 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-enterococci/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Beachwatch swim sites with pollution forecasts and latest water quality, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-beachwatch-sites/) (NSW) - [Air quality monitoring sites, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/) (SA) - [Open surface water gauging stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-surface-water-gauging-stations/) (Qld) - [Air quality monitoring by hour, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-air-quality/) (ACT) - [Lakes and rivers water quality samples, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-lakes-rivers-water-quality/) (ACT) - [Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2019-20 season](https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2019-20/) (ACT) - [Recreational lakes and rivers water quality, ACT, 2018-19 season](https://publicdata.au/d/act-recreational-water-quality-2018-19/) (ACT) - [Daily water storage levels, Australian dams and reservoirs](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storage-levels/) (Cth) - [Water storages reporting to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storages/) (Cth) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Mackay](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-mackay/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Mooloolaba](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-mooloolaba/) (Qld) - [Coastal wave monitoring, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-coastal-waves-brisbane/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Environment Protection Authority Victoria, Victorian Government, Beach Report enterococci data, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/beach-report-enterococci-data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Environment Protection Authority Victoria, Victorian Government, Beach Report enterococci data, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/beach-report-enterococci-data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: Environment Protection Authority Victoria (2026) Beach Report sampling sites, Port Phillip Bay, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [EPA Beach Report water quality](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/beach-report-enterococci-data), Environment Protection Authority Victoria, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Beach Report sampling sites as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Beach Report sampling sites in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 36 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-beach-report-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Beach Report sampling sites updated? EPA Victoria releases it weekly in the sampling season. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Beach Report sampling sites commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Beach Report sampling sites? No. The publisher is Environment Protection Authority Victoria, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/beach-report-enterococci-data. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Beach Report sampling sites use? Decimal degrees as published. The publisher names no datum, so they are taken as WGS84 (EPSG:4326). The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What does each row hold? One beach EPA Victoria samples for its Beach Report, with its site number, name, the water body it is on and its latitude and longitude. ### What datum are the coordinates in? The publisher gives decimal degrees without naming a datum. They are published as given and taken as WGS84 for mapping, which differs from GDA2020 by under two metres. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-beach-report-sites.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-beach-report-sites.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.