15th Street Access Water Quality

Duval County, Florida

Good

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

Latest test
Oct 5, 2026 (31 days ago)
Enterococci
<10 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
19 of 19 tests Good

Results over time

101001000Apr 6, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 13, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 20, 2026: <10 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 19, 2026: 15 per 100 mL (Good)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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 13, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 27, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 10, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 24, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 21, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 5, 2026: <10 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 19, 2026no resultNo result
Oct 5, 2026<10Good
Sep 21, 2026<10Good
Sep 8, 2026<10Good
Aug 24, 2026<10Good
Aug 10, 202612Good
Jul 27, 2026<10Good
Jul 13, 202612Good
Jun 22, 2026<10Good
Jun 15, 2026<10Good
Jun 8, 2026<10Good
Jun 1, 2026<10Good
May 26, 2026<10Good
May 19, 202615Good
May 11, 2026<10Good
May 4, 2026<10Good

The long view

The state has 714 tests on record for 15th Street Access over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 0 tests of 100 (0%) 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.

Nearby sampled beaches

About this site

Sampling site 15TH STREET ACCESS (Duval County, EPA beach ID FL343225), at 30.34009, -81.39558. 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.