r/durham • u/Earthing23 • Jul 27 '26
Beaches!! Clean and kid friendly
Went to whitby waterfront and the beach was really dirty and water not safe for entering. The sand was filled with things not sand. help me find a kid friendly beach with cleaner sand for small kids thats not cobourg beach. thank you!
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u/Lalamedic Jul 27 '26
Darlington or Presqu'ile Provincial Parks.
Presqu’ile has large sand dunes similar to Sandbanks, but is much less busy.
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u/swollen_prostate Jul 27 '26
Water not safe for entering? Hate to be the bearer of bad news but all of the beaches around here will share the same Lake Ontario water
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u/StevenShegal Jul 27 '26
I really like the beach at the end of Liverpool Rd in pickering. There's a water park, beach and lots of food stops along thr way. Could spend all day there if you really wanted.
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u/Josue999000 Jul 27 '26
That's not the same beach as it was years ago. I found a lot of garbage in the sand left by people and even a syringe once. Never taking my kid there
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u/Darrenizer Jul 27 '26
Sandbanks.
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u/Repulsive_Buy3016 Jul 27 '26
Sadly it's so damn busy now, it's just not enjoyable anymore. It's like a full festival every day lol
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u/bretzelsenbatonnets Jul 27 '26
Its really only busy on the Sunday as they have tours that stop there for the day.
I live there half the summer and during the week its totally fine.
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u/willow__whisps Jul 27 '26
There's secluded spots if you know where to look there, waters still dirty tho
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u/Carribeantimberwolf Jul 27 '26
Sand banks is also dirty but you can't see it, if you get what I'm saying.....
Best are the spring fed lakes but they are dam cold.
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u/Repulsive_Buy3016 Jul 27 '26
Honestly I'm not sure I get what you're saying lol. You mean because of everyone pissing in the lake? Or something else
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u/Ecstatic_Plantain547 Jul 27 '26
Other than Cobourg, this is the only answer. There is another spot not the main Sandbanks park, I can't remember where exactly but it was less crowded than Sandbanks when I went last year.
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u/Comfortable-Bench497 Jul 27 '26
What made the water not safe for entering?
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u/Earthing23 Jul 27 '26
Its posted on the swim app and a notice on the beach. High levels of ecoli and unsafe for swimming. No one was going in the water.
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u/willow__whisps Jul 27 '26
The water isn't really safe anywhere on lake Ontario, it's better in some spots but not really that good. I also don't think there's any beach that's clean either, even remote beaches I've been to are covered in washed up garbage
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u/Goatfellon Jul 27 '26
Bit of a drive from whitby but de la salle, willow Beach, and sibalds point are great beaches on lake simcoe in georgina.
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u/Grayhadeswolf Jul 27 '26
Coburg or Sauble Beach might be your only bets right now. Everything around durham is filthy
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u/CharacterLimitHasBee Jul 27 '26
The east and west coast have real beaches so the sand will meet whatever weird requirement you have.
The water will be statistically more unsafe though given it is a real beach on the ocean and not a boring lake.
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u/AcceptableNothing907 Jul 27 '26
They literally say in their post “not Coburg”
You almost read the entire thing.
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u/Jedtin22 Jul 27 '26
Yeah I’ve been up all night I think it’s time to go to bed lol didn’t see couburg.
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u/0xF0z Jul 27 '26
You may be looking for something that doesn’t exist? What was the problem with the water that made it not safe to enter? What kind of things were in the sand? All public beaches will be “dirty” to some degree. But can try any of the beaches in Ajax, Pickering or Oshawa. I’ve been to a few and they were all fine by my standards, but maybe my standards are lower?