During the summer season, experts from health control laboratories regularly check the water quality at official swimming locations.
The Center for Public Health provides information on beaches where swimming is unsafe.
Which beaches are unsafe for swimming?
As of August 15, it is unsafe to swim at the following beaches due to poor water quality:
- Kyiv: "Venice", "Children's" beaches on the Dnieper, "Willow" and "Pushcha Voditsa".
- Kyiv region: "Central" beach in Bila Tserkva.
- Vinnytsia region: "Chemist", "Gonti", "Central" beaches in Vinnytsia.
- Dnipropetrovsk region: beaches in Upper Dnipro, Yellow Waters, Kryvyi Rih.
- Zhytomyr region: beach in Korosten, Hydropark in Zhytomyr.
- Poltava region: beaches in Kremenchuk.
- Rivne region: city beach in Rivne.
- Ternopil region: beach in Khorostkiv.
- Khmelnytskyi region: beach in Khmelnytskyi.
- Chernivtsi region: beach in Chernivtsi.
Where is it safe to swim?
As of August 15, the water meets standards at the following beaches:
- Kyiv: "Rainbow", "Golden", "Suburban Slobidka" beaches.
- Kyiv region: "Chayka" beach in Chayka.
- Volyn region: beaches in Lutsk and Novovolynsk.
- Dnipropetrovsk region: "Sahaydak" and "Cultural Park" beaches.
- Ivano-Frankivsk region: beaches of Ivano-Frankivsk.
- Kirovohrad region: "Hai Voron" beach.
- Lviv region: beaches in Morshyn and Zolochiv.
- Odesa region: beaches of Odesa and Sychavka village.
- Poltava region: beaches in Kobyliaky.
- Rivne region: beaches in Dubrovytsia.
- Ternopil region: beaches in Ternopil.
- Khmelnytskyi region: beaches in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
- Cherkasy region: beaches in Cherkasy.
- Chernivtsi region: beaches in Velykyi Kuchuriv.
- Chernihiv region: "Golden Coast" beach in Chernihiv.
- In Transcarpathia, Odesa, and Sumy regions, registered river beaches are absent.
Due to the war, recreational areas in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions have not been opened.
"Swimming is permitted only in specially designated areas, as determined by local authorities," emphasizes the Center for Public Health.
