green sea

[lissa]

The sea is still green, not normal if clean water. The map shows Calis beach as being kotu , bad for swimming. If you compare the readings for Calis, Koca  Calis and Kargi beach to other beaches, the results for Calis look terrible. Jarvis is marginally better but now t enough to get excited about. Possibly  is algae, but caused by stuff that certainly should not be in the sea. I went into the sea a couple of weeks ago, but left very quickly. Not only green but macerated paper floating around and god knows what else.  I have lived in Fethiye for a lot of years, and find this very sad for Calis and Fethiye. I certainly will not be going in that sea again!

[Steve A]

Must be the translation or I’ve read it wrong.Has anyone reported this to the authorities as there’s nowt like dirty water to destroy a beach resort

[lissa]

Steve, perhaps I have read it wrong. But if you click on each link, it seems quite clear. I checked on other beaches, in different areas. From what I can see, Calis seems to be the worst readings, though obviously I did not check the whole of Turkey, just checked against Oludeniz, Marmaris and the peninsula, Kalkan area.
The readings from Hillside are ok, though you could argue the current is taking it away from there..

[philrose]

On the app if itthe symbol is blue it's clean, green ok, yellow(amber) not recommended, red avoid...

[Kevin Sowten]

Algae! My ar*e...
http://www.yuzme.saglik.gov.tr/?fbclid=IwAR1lYdGRkk0wmbRzm2kGv9cG6ZEwhN75wLovBLN5CHrimgolqx8q3fKqq_A

So the blue smiley is High Quality and the green is Swimmable
Just avoid the red smiley (not seen one for Calis yet !!!)

[cenk]

According to that website; If the values are more than below, the sea is not swimmable.
Total Coliform 10.000+       (Calis 560)
Fecal Coliform 2.000+        (Calis 160)
Fecal Streptecoc 1.000+     (Calis 44)

[Clioman2]

when we were over in June for 3 weeks we noticed a faecal odour when crossing the bridge over the canal on a number of evenings; as has been said, not good for the tourist trade. They only need a couple of people who fall ill complaining to the press in Britain when they get home and bookings will fall and probably stay depressed for a while.
We're back in a few weeks, hope the situation improves.

[stoop]

Strange that the green sea problem has only been happening in the last few years it seemed to start when the all inclusive resort opened futher down the cost. Coincidence?

I’m no expert but I think it would take a lot more than an AI hotel to cause that amount of discolouration.

[Steve A]

I thought I had read the chart correctly !
The smell in the canal has been there on and off for years.Its rotting vegetation due to the reed beds at the sides.
Years ago they cut the reeds down,no smell but people complained of the effect on wildlife ,you cannot win.
Unfortunately nature smells sometimes.

[MrT]

Its all over social media at the moment, some are even saying that swimming may be banned it it gets worse. Its a shame hope it gets sorted.