Spanish Banks (West Beach)
Water Quality is Clean & Safe. Bacterial levels are well below federal health guidelines.
Latest Verified Reading
Metro Vancouver's public beach monitoring feed publishes each site's current result only — no per-sample historical series is available upstream, so no trend chart is shown here.
| Sample Date | 2026-08-14 |
| 30-Day Geo Mean | 15 CFU |
| Single Sample | 14 CFU |
| Water Quality | Safe to Swim |
Beach Amenities & Details
Designated quiet beach zone with massive low-tide sandflats and dedicated off-leash dog area.
Getting to Spanish Banks (West Beach)
Transit connections, parking access, and GPS coordinates
Bus #4 or #84 connecting to UBC exchanges.
Free city parking lots along NW Marine Drive.
Nearby Clean Safe Beaches
Verified safe waters within quick travel distance
Connected Live City Telemetry
How Safety Status is Decided
Vancouver Coastal Health & Health Canada E. coli standards
≤ 200 geometric mean
≤ 235 single sample.
Single sample 235 – 400.
Beach Action Value triggered.
Geometric mean > 200
or single sample > 400.
Off-season or no sample within 14 days.
Recreational season: May–Sept.