Beaches
RECREATION, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
PREPARING FOR SUMMER FUN AT CITY BEACHES
Summer operations at the Ocean View Beaches will begin on the
Saturday before Memorial Day, and continue until Labor Day. In preparation, the Lifeguard Patrol
has trained throughout April and May. New this summer to
ensure a safe and enjoyable summer swimming season for all:
- An additional Emergency All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) for
emergency response and preventative life guarding
- Upgraded beach lifeguard stands to increase the vantage
point of our lifeguards for patron surveillance and water
rescue response
- Additional rescue watercraft (surf rescue boards and
Kayaks) for patrolling and emergency response.
- Increased radio communications between beaches and the
Norfolk Fire Department
- Lifeguard Patrol on ATVs after 6:00 p.m. to help
educated early evening beach patrons of water hazards and
to help respond to beach emergencies
- Water Safety Lectures and literature to beach patrons to
help prevent drowning incidents on all Norfolk Beaches
In addition, the Department's Division of Parks & Urban
Forestry's beach front maintenance crews have started
preparing the beaches for the Memorial Day opening of the
beaches. Daily beach cleaning operations will begin May
21 and will continue until Labor Day. Staff has placed
52 freshly painted trash receptacles along the 7.5 mile beach
front. These receptacles were placed at every access
way, in between each access way, and at designated "hot
spots".
Staff is also sprucing up all walk over access
ways. These access
ways have been cleared of sand, graded and will be
monitored to ensure easy access.
Norfolk's
Beaches
Community
Beach Park
600 E. Ocean View
Ocean View Avenue and Chesapeake Boulevard intersection
Sarah Constance Beach Park
300 W. Ocean View Avenue
At the intersection of
Tidewater Drive and 4th View
Ocean
View Beach Park
100 W. Ocean View Avenue
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