8th Street Water Quality

Bay County, Florida

Good

The latest test found low bacteria levels (35 or fewer per 100 mL).

Latest test
Oct 26, 2026 (10 days ago)
Enterococci
30 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
33 of 38 tests Good, 2 Poor

Results over time

101001000Feb 2, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 9, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 17, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 23, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 2, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 9, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 17, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 23, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 30, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 6, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 13, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 20, 2026: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 27, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 4, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 11, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 18, 2026: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)May 26, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 1, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 8, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 15, 2026: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jun 22, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 29, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 14, 2026: 600 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 16, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 20, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 27, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 3, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 10, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 17, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 24, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 31, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 14, 2026: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 21, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 28, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 12, 2026: 122 per 100 mL (Poor)Oct 26, 2026: 30 per 100 mL (Good)
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 26, 202630Good
Oct 12, 2026122Poor Advisory
Sep 28, 202610Good
Sep 21, 202610Good
Sep 14, 202641Moderate
Sep 8, 202610Good
Aug 31, 202612Good
Aug 24, 202610Good
Aug 17, 202610Good
Aug 10, 202610Good
Aug 3, 202620Good
Jul 27, 202610Good
Jul 20, 202610Good
Jul 16, 202610Good
Jul 14, 2026600Poor
Jul 7, 202610Good

The long view

The state has 156 tests on record for 8th Street over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 2 tests of 38 (5%) came back Poor, close to the rate for all Florida sampled beaches (6.1%). Bacteria levels usually jump after heavy rain, when stormwater washes to the shore, and drop again within a day or two.

Nearby sampled beaches

About this site

Sampling site 8TH STREET (Bay County, EPA beach ID FL289095), at 29.93689, -85.40334. Results are from the Florida Department of Health's Healthy Beaches Program; years before 2026 come from the state's submissions to EPA's Water Quality Portal.