As of Saturday morning, there were 30 beaches closed across the Bay State, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s interactive beach water quality dashboard. Nearly all of those bodies of water are closed due to harmful bacteria levels, the dashboard indicated.

From Pittsfield to Provincetown, beaches remained closed as temperatures drop from the week's heat wave — although it will still be warm, in the mid- to high-80s throughout the state.

Nearly three dozen Massachusetts beaches are closed as temperatures soared into the high 90s on one of the summer’s most sweltering Fridays. The 31 beaches include both coastal beaches and inland ponds,