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West Penobscot Bay

Bay in Maine · near Camden, Islesboro, Lincolnville, Owls Head

Status now

No current report

At least one source we follow covers this water, and nothing it reports applies right now.

Why this colour: No current report: nothing a covering source reports colours this water now. How long a water stays coloured, and why

Source: Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), last answered 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC. Status computed by DirtyWaterWatch as of 2026-11-02 11:56 UTC.

It is not a finding about the water. Discharges go unreported, reports arrive late, and storm runoff carries bacteria too. Follow posted signs and local health advice.

As of Nov 2, 2026, 6:56 AM EST.

Map

Source: water outlines from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); outfalls from EPA ECHO and the state outfall layers; modeled reaches computed by DirtyWaterWatch from USGS NLDI, NHDPlus and the nearest USGS gauge (Jobson 1996); basemap OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

Outfalls are small brown dots.

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: advisory in effect; yellow: caution; hatched yellow: unresolved, no end reported; grey: no current report; hatched purple: a source was not updating.

No red or yellow period in this span.

Source: hourly statuses computed by DirtyWaterWatch (pipeline build/status.py) from the events linked above and the rules on the methods page; history as of 2026-11-02 11:56 UTC.

Discharges over the years

Every event on West Penobscot Bay

Events placed on West Penobscot Bay, newest first
StartEnd Discharger OutfallTypeVolumeSourceLinks
Jul 9, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT Jul 9, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT not stated not stated Beach advisory not reported Maine Healthy Beaches (Maine DEP); posted by Lincolnville via Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), record 126:beach_advisory:2026-07-09T09:30, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Jun 24, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Jun 26, 2026, 7:40 AM EDT not stated not stated Beach advisory not reported Maine Healthy Beaches (Maine DEP); posted by Lincolnville via Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), record 126:beach_advisory:2026-06-24T17:00, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Jul 16, 2025, 3:15 PM EDT Jul 17, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT not stated not stated Beach advisory not reported Maine Healthy Beaches (Maine DEP); posted by Lincolnville via Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), record 126:beach_advisory:2025-07-16T15:15, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own)

This record in the archive list

Jul 24, 2024, 11:50 AM EDT Jul 25, 2024, 2:50 PM EDT not stated not stated Beach advisory not reported Maine Healthy Beaches (Maine DEP); posted by Lincolnville via Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), record 126:beach_advisory:2024-07-24T11:50, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own)

This record in the archive list

Jun 27, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT Jun 27, 2024, 5:06 PM EDT not stated not stated Beach advisory not reported Maine Healthy Beaches (Maine DEP); posted by Lincolnville via Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), record 126:beach_advisory:2024-06-27T08:00, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own)

This record in the archive list

May 29, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT May 31, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT not stated not stated Beach advisory not reported Maine Healthy Beaches (Maine DEP); posted by Lincolnville via Maine Healthy Beaches live GeoJSON, sampling sites (mapdata_site.geojson), record 126:beach_advisory:2024-05-29T16:00, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own)

This record in the archive list

Outfalls on this water

No outfall in the registry is matched to this water.

Launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, ODbL). · West Penobscot Bay on OpenBoatLaunch

Sources covering this water

6 events placed on this water in this build.