Port Charlotte Beach East Water Quality

Charlotte 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
31 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
14 of 19 tests Good, 2 Poor

Results over time

101001000Nov 8, 2021: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 22, 2021: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 6, 2021: 53 per 100 mL (Moderate)Dec 20, 2021: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 3, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 17, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 31, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 14, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 28, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 14, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 28, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 11, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 25, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 9, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 23, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 6, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 20, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 18, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 15, 2022: 64 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 29, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 12, 2022: 42 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 10, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 24, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 7, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 21, 2022: 164 per 100 mL (Poor)Nov 28, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 5, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 19, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 4, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 17, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 30, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 13, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 27, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 13, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 27, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 10, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 24, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 8, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 22, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 5, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 19, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 17, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 31, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 14, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 28, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 11, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 25, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 9, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 23, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 6, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 20, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 4, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 20, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 3, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 16, 2024: 478 per 100 mL (Poor)Jan 18, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 29, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 12, 2024: 64 per 100 mL (Moderate)Feb 26, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 11, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 25, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 22, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 6, 2024: 75 per 100 mL (Poor)May 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 20, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 3, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 17, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 1, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 15, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 29, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2024: 87 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 28, 2024: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 9, 2024: 222 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 11, 2024: 86 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 15, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 29, 2026: 63 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 7, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 13, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 20, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 27, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 10, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 17, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 24, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 31, 2026: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 8, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 14, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 21, 2026: 238 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 23, 2026: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 5, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 12, 2026: 75 per 100 mL (Poor)Oct 14, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 19, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 26, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)20222023202420252026
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 26, 202631Good
Oct 19, 202610Good
Oct 14, 202620Good
Oct 12, 202675Poor
Oct 5, 202610Good
Sep 23, 202652Moderate
Sep 21, 2026238Poor
Sep 14, 202610Good
Sep 8, 202610Good
Aug 31, 202652Moderate
Aug 24, 202631Good
Aug 17, 202620Good
Aug 10, 202631Good
Jul 27, 202610Good
Jul 20, 202620Good
Jul 13, 202610Good

The long view

The state has 1,022 tests on record for Port Charlotte Beach East over 27 years, starting July 2000. In the last 10 years, 13 tests of 260 (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 PORT CHARLOTTE BEACH EAST (Charlotte County, EPA beach ID FL763821), at 26.96165, -82.11050. 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.