Bayou Grande Water Quality

Escambia County, Florida · no longer sampled

No longer sampled

The state no longer samples this site.

Latest test
May 5, 2025 (550 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL

Results over time

101001000Mar 14, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 28, 2022: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 11, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 25, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 9, 2022: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)May 23, 2022: 86 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 6, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 20, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2022: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 18, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 15, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 29, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 12, 2022: 98 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 26, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 10, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 24, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jan 9, 2023: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Mar 6, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 20, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 3, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 17, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)May 1, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 15, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)May 30, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 26, 2023: 389 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 10, 2023: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 24, 2023: 203 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 7, 2023: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 21, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 5, 2023: 600 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 18, 2023: 241 per 100 mL (Poor)Oct 2, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 16, 2023: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 30, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 11, 2024: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 25, 2024: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 22, 2024: 30 per 100 mL (Good)May 6, 2024: 31 per 100 mL (Good)May 20, 2024: 109 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 3, 2024: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 17, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 1, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 15, 2024: 63 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 29, 2024: 156 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 12, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2024: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 9, 2024: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 23, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 7, 2024: 51 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 21, 2024: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Mar 10, 2025: 223 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 24, 2025: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 7, 2025: 241 per 100 mL (Poor)Apr 21, 2025: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)May 5, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)202320242025
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
May 5, 202510Good
Apr 21, 202541Moderate
Apr 7, 2025241Poor
Mar 24, 202552Moderate
Mar 10, 2025223Poor
Oct 21, 202441Moderate
Oct 7, 202451Moderate
Sep 23, 202410Good
Sep 9, 202441Moderate
Aug 26, 202441Moderate
Aug 12, 202410Good
Jul 29, 2024156Poor
Jul 15, 202463Moderate
Jul 1, 202410Good
Jun 17, 202410Good
Jun 3, 202420Good

The long view

The state has 814 tests on record for Bayou Grande over 26 years, starting July 2000. In the last 10 years, 52 tests of 160 (33%) came back Poor, well above 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 BAYOU GRANDE (Escambia County, EPA beach ID FL937233), at 30.38187, -81.28254. 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.