Planning a beach day in Massachusetts for this weekend?

If so, you'll want to avoid the beaches closed due to unsafe swimming water, including several SouthCoast spots.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) states that swimming in the water at these closed beaches poses a threat of illness due to high levels of bacteria. Symptoms of water-borne illness can range from nausea and vomiting to a sore throat and fever, or even rashes and infections.

The following Massachusetts beaches, listed by town, are closed as of Thursday, July 23:

• Ashby: Damon Pond Beach (Other)
• Barnstable: Keyes Beach at Sea Street (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Beverly: Mingo (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Danvers: Sandy Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Dartmouth:
  • Anthony Beach (CSO/SSO event)
  • Hidden Bay (CSO/SSO event)
  • Jones Town Beach North (CSO/SSO event)
  • Jones Town Beach South (CSO/SSO event)
  • Moses Smith Creek (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Oak Hill Shores (CSO/SSO event)
• Holden: Eagle Lake (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Lanesborough: Sunrise Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Middleboro: Camp Yomechas (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Newburyport:
  • Plum Island at 55th Street (Other)
  • Plum Island – end of island 1 (Other)
  • Plum Island – end of island 2 (Other)
  • Plum Island Point (Bacterial Exceedance)
• North Andover: Frye Pond Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Oxford: Carbuncle Pond (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)
• Quincy:
  • Merrymount (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Mound (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Nickerson (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Salem:
  • Children's Island – Back (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Children's Island – Wally (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Ocean Avenue (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Willow Avenue (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Swampscott: Kings (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Swansea: Coles River Club off Harbor Road (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Tisbury:
  • Owen Little Way (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Tashmoo Beach (Other)
  • Tashmoo Cut (Other)
• Wareham:
  • Forbes (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Standish Shores (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Winthrop:
  • Donovans (Bacterial Exceedance)
  • Pico (Bacterial Exceedance)
• Worcester: Coes Pond Beach at Mill Street (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)