Wreck Beach (Trail 6)
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 | 16 CFU |
| Single Sample | 15 CFU |
| Water Quality | Safe to Swim |
Beach Amenities & Details
North America's largest clothing-optional beach, framed by dramatic cliffs and 500 wooden forest steps.
Getting to Wreck Beach (Trail 6)
Transit connections, parking access, and GPS coordinates
Bus #4, #99 B-Line, #44 to UBC Bus Exchange, walk to Trail 6.
Paid parking meters along NW Marine Drive or UBC parkades.
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.