Health advisory: the state advises against swimming here until a retest comes back clean.
Latest test
Oct 28, 2026 (8 days ago)
Enterococci
100 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
17 of 19 tests Good, 2 Poor
Results over time
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.
Recent tests
Date
Enterococci per 100 mL
Rating
Oct 28, 2026
100
PoorAdvisory
Oct 26, 2026
120
Poor
Oct 12, 2026
10
Good
Sep 28, 2026
10
Good
Sep 14, 2026
10
Good
Aug 31, 2026
10
Good
Aug 17, 2026
10
Good
Aug 3, 2026
10
Good
Jul 20, 2026
<10
Good
Jul 7, 2026
10
Good
Jun 22, 2026
10
Good
Jun 8, 2026
10
Good
May 26, 2026
10
Good
May 11, 2026
10
Good
Apr 27, 2026
10
Good
Apr 13, 2026
10
Good
The long view
The state has 794 tests on record for Sebastian Inlet North over 27 years, starting August 2000.
In the last 10 years, 2 tests of 178 (1%) came back Poor, below 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.
Sampling site SEBASTIAN INLET NORTH (Brevard County, EPA beach ID FL283121), at 27.86261, -80.44736. 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.