Sunset Beach
Water Quality is Clean & Safe. Elevated single-sample bacterial count following False Creek tidal exchange. Resampling in progress.
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 | 142 CFU |
| Single Sample | 280 CFU |
| Water Quality | Caution Advised |
Beach Amenities & Details
Situated at the mouth of False Creek near Burrard Bridge, known for peaceful sunsets and calm waters.
Getting to Sunset Beach
Transit connections, parking access, and GPS coordinates
Bus #23 (Beach) or Aquabus / False Creek Ferry.
Paid parking lot at Beach Ave and Thurlow St.
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.