Port Charlotte Beach West Water Quality

Charlotte County, Florida · no longer sampled

No longer sampled

The state no longer samples this site.

Latest test
Sep 9, 2024 (787 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL

Results over time

101001000Nov 8, 2021: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 22, 2021: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 6, 2021: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 20, 2021: 42 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jan 3, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 17, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 31, 2022: 20 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: 75 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 18, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 29, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 12, 2022: 54 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: 222 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: 10 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: 406 per 100 mL (Poor)Jan 18, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 29, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 12, 2024: 53 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: 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: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2024: 53 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 9, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)202220232024
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Sep 9, 202410Good
Aug 26, 202453Moderate
Aug 12, 202410Good
Jul 29, 202420Good
Jul 15, 202410Good
Jul 1, 202410Good
Jun 17, 202410Good
Jun 3, 202410Good
May 20, 202410Good
May 6, 202410Good
Apr 22, 202410Good
Apr 8, 202410Good
Mar 25, 202410Good
Mar 11, 202410Good
Feb 26, 202410Good
Feb 12, 202453Moderate

The long view

The state has 1,025 tests on record for Port Charlotte Beach West over 25 years, starting July 2000. In the last 10 years, 12 tests of 242 (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 WEST (Charlotte County, EPA beach ID FL704083), at 26.96185, -82.11284. 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.