Ting Kau Beach, Public beach in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong.
Ting Kau Beach is a public beach in Tsuen Wan District that opens onto Victoria Harbour with two major bridges visible across the water. The shoreline extends along the waterfront, offering swimmers access to the harbor with open views and surrounding landscape.
Ting Kau Beach was gazetted by the Hong Kong Government in 1977, below Ting Kau Village. In 1995 the Tsuen Wan beaches closed during construction of the Ting Kau and Tsing Ma bridges; a 1997 reading recorded 1,500 bacteria counts per 100 ml of water. Swimming resumed in April 2014.
The beach lies directly beneath Ting Kau Village, and its gazetted name in Chinese is 汀九灣泳灘. Swimming stopped in 1995 when the Ting Kau and Tsing Ma bridges were built, and only from April 2014 did a few people begin entering the water again, as they had before.
The beach sits on Castle Peak Road at Ting Kau, beside the northern abutment of the Ting Kau Bridge, with the Tsing Ma Bridge in view. Changing rooms, showers and toilets are on site. Swimming was barred from 1995 to 2014; the water is now rated Grade 2 by the Environmental Protection Department.
It is one of only two authorized swimming spots in the district where people can swim directly in Victoria Harbour. This rarity makes it a special place for swimmers in this densely developed area.
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