Wards Shore Public Access Off South Waters St. - Swansboro, Onslow County, NC
Wards Shore Public Access Off South Waters St. - Swansboro is a recreational beach in Onslow County, North Carolina.
Source: US EPA BEACON beach attributes. Attribute year 2026. Last reviewed October 2026.
This page lists beach identity, location and monitoring-program attributes. It does not show current advisories or bacteria sample results. For today's conditions, check your state or local beach program. How to read these attributes.
Beach attributes
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- Beach ID
- NC892318
EPA BEACON identifier for this beach.
- Beach Act beach
- Yes
Yes means the state or territory lists it under the BEACH Act grant program.
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 2
Priority tier the program assigned. Tier 1 is usually the highest use or risk, sampled most often.
- Beach length
- 0.06 miles
Reported shoreline length of the beach segment.
- Access
- Public
Whether the beach is reported as open to the public.
- Owner
- Public
Reported ownership category.
- Swim season monitoring frequency
- 2 per-month
Planned sampling frequency during the swim season.
- Advisory reporting frequency
- 1 per-year
How often advisory information is reported to EPA.
- Monitoring reporting frequency
- 1 per-year
How often monitoring results are reported to EPA.
- Start coordinate
- 34.684827, -77.122727
Latitude and longitude of one end of the beach segment.
- End coordinate
- 34.684875, -77.123873
Latitude and longitude of the other end.
- Attribute year
- 2026
Year of the latest attribute record for this beach.
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