Swim Guide

3.6.5

Swim Drink Fish

3.42

175 reviews

50,000+
Downloads

Free

Find a beach, check the water quality, and share your trip with your friends.

About Swim Guide

Swim Guide is a travel & local app developed by Swim Drink Fish.

How many times has Swim Guide been downloaded?

Swim Guide has been downloaded 76 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 670 times.

What is the rating of Swim Guide?

Swim Guide is rated 3.42 out of 5 stars, based on 180 ratings.

Is Swim Guide free?

Swim Guide is free to download. The APK download size is 142.50 MB. The latest version available is 3.6.5. The last update was on April 1, 2026.

What are the requirements for Swim Guide?

Swim Guide requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2011.

Description

** As seen on USA Today, CBC, CBC Radio, Radio Canada, Huffington Post, LA Times, Water Canada, ABC News, Men's Journal, National Post, and Mashable. **

Swim Guide is a website and smartphone app for iPhone® and Android. Swim Guide delivers free up-to-date water quality information for over 7,000 beaches, lakes, rivers, and swimming holes in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, the Bahamas, Australia and New Zealand.

Swim Guide provides you with current recreational water quality information for your favourite beaches and swimming holes. Every beach is marked with a Green or Red icon so you know when the water at your favourite beach is clean for swimming and when the water quality is failed to recreational water quality criteria.

As of 2018, Swim Guide is the most popular beach information service in the world, with nearly 2-million all time users.

Finding a beach with clean, swimmable water for you and your family is easy with Swim Guide:

- Find the cleanest closest beaches to you by browsing the map or by searching
- Beach descriptions tell you about amenities, lifeguards, where to park, and everything else you need to know to enjoy a day at the beach.
- Green icon tells you your beach passed water quality tests
- Red icon tells you the water quality failed water quality test
- Date/time stamp tells you when a water quality status was last updated in Swim Guide
- Historical status tells you percentage of time that a beach passed water quality tests in the last year
- Source information section tells you who samples the water at each beach and what recreational water quality guidelines apply
- Discover a wide variety of beaches, ranging from city parks to remote lakes ideal for camping
- Get directions to the beach of your choice
- Bookmark your favourite beaches for easy access
- Use the app to share beaches with your friends and family
- Original descriptions of 7,000 different beaches, so you can learn a bit of history and geography as you explore

Get involved! Use the Swim Guide to report pollution, support your local water organizations, and learn about the issues facing your homewaters.

Swim Guide is the only charity app of its kind, made by Swim Drink Fish Canada (formerly Lake Ontario Waterkeeper).

Visit us online for more info: www.theswimguide.org

Recent changes:
This change ensures the app's continued security and stability, and paves the way for future features.

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More data about Swim Guide

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	76 thousand
Recent downloads	670
Rating	3.42 based on 180 ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	3.6.5
APK size	142.5 MB
Number of libraries	26
Designed for Android	4.1+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Downloads over time

Swim Guide has been downloaded 76 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 22 downloads per day.

Changelog of Swim Guide

Apr 1, 2026UpdateVersion 3.6.5
Sep 13, 2025UpdateVersion 3.6.3
Jul 8, 2025UpdateVersion 3.6.1
Mar 18, 2025UpdateVersion 3.6.0
Jan 2, 2025UpdateVersion 3.5.8
Nov 11, 2024UpdateVersion 3.5.6
Aug 29, 2023UpdateVersion 3.5.4
Jun 6, 2021Installs50,000+ installs
May 6, 2021UpdateVersion 3.5.2
Jul 12, 2019UpdateVersion 3.5.1
Aug 8, 2018UpdateVersion 3.5.0
May 17, 2018UpdateVersion 3.4.0
May 4, 2018UpdateVersion 3.3.1
Jan 30, 2018UpdateVersion 3.3
Jun 18, 2015UpdateVersion 2.21
Jun 27, 2013Installs10,000+ installs
May 26, 2013UpdateVersion 2.20
May 14, 2013UpdateVersion 2.01
Apr 11, 2013UpdateVersion 2.0
Jul 13, 2012Installs5,000+ installs
Jan 16, 2012Installs1,000+ installs
Dec 11, 2011UpdateVersion 1.01
Oct 2, 2011Installs500+ installs
Aug 9, 2011Installs100+ installs
Aug 6, 2011Installs50+ installs
Aug 2, 2011New AppVersion 1.0 in Travel & Local for Free

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Developer information for Swim Drink Fish

Swim Drink Fish

android@theswimguide.org

Website

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Comments on Swim Guide for Android

★★★★★ mel mess · Jul 18, 2020

Best app idea! Now I'm not scared to swim in a lake. This helped the family to find a beautiful, safe environment without the fear of contracting ear infections and such the following days. Knowing the beaches that test well consistently gave us all a fearless day of fun that we were able to completely prepare for our needs and itinerary in advance thanks to the thorough explanation of the resources and amenities available. Definitely made for a stress-free outing.

★★★★★ A Google User · Jul 29, 2012

Access points! Wow, I love this app! I can find boat landings on all the surrounding rivers!

★★★★☆ A Google User · Jun 13, 2015

Great app, Lollipop issue sucks. It's a shame the Lollipop issue is still an issue when we're just at the beginning of swim season! Hopefully it'll get worked out soon... If not for that, I'd have given it five stars. My family uses it a lot!

★★★★★ Elise Mackie · Jun 18, 2018

I use this app every time I head to the beach, it's reliable with up-to-date information on the water! You can also report pollution

★★☆☆☆ Russ Freeman · Sep 19, 2015

No freshwater beaches Did not realize there were only ocean beaches listed. I live in NH. We have like 9 miles of coastline. I know where those beaches are! Not a single freshwater beach listed in NH.

★★☆☆☆ A Google User · May 31, 2012

Very pretty app, but can be misleading I've noticed discrepancies between state run databases in the US and swim guide concerning beach advisories even though the icon on swim guide says "Current Status", which implies an almost real-time link. Not sure the app is as "real-time" as the developer makes it seem. Not sure I'm comfortable with swim guide also coming up with their own assessment of the swimming status. Great for beach discovery, but I would be cautious of their water quality claims and always call the local beach or consult other sources for up-to-date information.

Google Play Rankings for Swim Guide

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Technologies used by Swim Guide

Swim Guide is requesting 15 permissions and is using 28 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, full network access

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos, record audio, control vibration

System tools

run at startup, draw over other apps, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, ca.waterkeeper.android.swimguide.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

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Firebase

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AndroidX Loader Android Jetpack Media Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Media Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections

Android Support VectorDrawable

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core utils AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager

Android Support Library Print

Android Support Library Document File

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core UI

Android Support Library Async Layout Inflater Okio Android Library Icon

Okio

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Yoga

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