Over 90 beaches are closed in Massachusetts this weekend. See where they are.

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Over 90 beaches are closed in Massachusetts this weekend. See where they are.

After a week of cool weather, the sun is coming out for a beautiful beach weekend.

However, if you’re planning a weekend beach trip, you’ll want to avoid the beaches closed due to unsafe swimming water.

The 

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 (MDPH) states that swimming in the water at these closed beaches poses a threat of illness due to high levels of bacteria. Symptoms can range from nausea and vomiting to a sore throat and fever.

This weekend, 93 Massachusetts beaches are closed – a record high for the season. Here’s the full list.

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The following MA beaches, listed by town, are closed as of Friday, Aug. 23:

Amherst:

Puffers Pond (Bacterial Exceedance, Other)

Stanley St. swimming ***** at Cushman Bridge (Bacterial Exceedance)

Ashby: Damon Pond Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Ashland: Ashland Reservoir Main Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Barnstable:

Eugenia Fortes (Bacterial Exceedance)

Kalmus Ocean (Bacterial Exceedance)

Wequaquet Lake Town (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Wequaquet Lake Yacht Club (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Beverly:

Mingo (Bacterial Exceedance)

Obear Park (Bacterial Exceedance)

Woodbury (Bacterial Exceedance)

Boston:

Constitution (Bacterial Exceedance)

Malibu (Bacterial Exceedance)

Savin Hill (Bacterial Exceedance)

Tenean (Bacterial Exceedance)

Braintree: Smith Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Brewster: Upper Mill Pond (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Chilmark: Ocean at Squibnocket Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Clarksburg: Mauserts Pond (Bacterial Exceedance)

Cohasset: ****** Rock (Bacterial Exceedance)

Concord: 

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Danvers: Sandy Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Dartmouth: Moses Smith Creek (Bacterial Exceedance)

Dennis: Sea Street (Bacterial Exceedance)

Framingham:

Franklin: Chilson Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Gloucester:

Cressy’s (Bacterial Exceedance)

Good Harbor Creek (Bacterial Exceedance)

Half Moon (Bacterial Exceedance)

Plum Cove (Bacterial Exceedance)

Grafton: Silver Lake Beach (Other)

Haverhill: Plugs Pond (Bacterial Exceedance)

Holland: Collette Drive Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Kingston:

Lowell: Merrimac River (Bacterial Exceedance)

Lynn:

Manchester:

Medford: Wrights Pond (Bacterial Exceedance)

Nahant:

Nantucket:

Natick: Cochituate State Park Beach (Bacterial Exceedance, Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

North Andover:

Northampton: Musante Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Oxford: Carbuncle Pond (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Plymouth: Nelson Park (Bacterial Exceedance)

Provincetown: Town Landing (Bacterial Exceedance)

Quincy:

Wollaston at Channing St. (Bacterial Exceedance)

Wollaston at Milton St. (Bacterial Exceedance)

Wollaston at Rice Rd. (Bacterial Exceedance)

Wollaston at Sachem St. (Bacterial Exceedance)

Revere:

Salem:

Camp Naumkeag (Other)

Children’s Island (Bacterial Exceedance)

Ocean Avenue (Bacterial Exceedance)

Willow Avenue (Bacterial Exceedance)

Sandwich: Scusset (Bacterial Exceedance)

Saugus:

Scituate: Bassings Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Shutesbury: Lake Wyola (Bacterial Exceedance)

Southwick: South Pond Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Springfield: Bass Pond (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Swampscott:

Fisherman’s (Rainfall)

Kings (Other)

Swansea:

Cedar Cove Club (Bacterial Exceedance)

Leeside (Bacterial Exceedance)

Sandy Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Swansea Town Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Templeton:

Townsend: Pearl Hill Pond Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Truro:

Wayland: Wayland Town Beach (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

West Stockbridge: Card Pond Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

West Tisbury: Seth’s Pond (Bacterial Exceedance)

Westborough: Lake Chauncy Beach (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Winchendon: Lake Dennison State Park (Bacterial Exceedance)

Winchester: Shannon Beach at Upper Mystic (Bacterial Exceedance)

Winthrop:

Worcester:

Indian Lake Public Beach at Sherburne Ave (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Lake Quinsigamond-Lake Park Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Lake Quinsigamond-Regatta Point Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

Shore Park (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)

Most beaches are closed due to bacterial exceedance, meaning the levels of bacteria in the water are higher than the limits set by the MDPH.

Those in the “other” category can be closed due to a variety of chemical or physical hazards, such as riptides and poor visibility.

Beach safety:

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When will beaches in Massachusetts re-open?

According to the 

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, beaches can only re-open when their bacteria levels are back within the safe range, so there is no set amount of time for a closure.

The status of a closed beach can be checked on the website’s 

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, which is updated at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. daily.

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger:

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