Johnson Beach - Gulf Water Quality

Escambia County, Florida

No recent test

There is no test from the last 45 days.

Latest test
Aug 26, 2025 (436 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL

The newest result we have is from Aug 26, 2025. Testing sometimes pauses; check the county health department's page or the signs at the beach.

Results over time

101001000May 23, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 6, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 20, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2022: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 18, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 15, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 29, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 30, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 26, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 10, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 24, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 7, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 21, 2023: 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: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 19, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 2, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 16, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 1, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 14, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 28, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 11, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 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
Aug 26, 202510Good
Aug 11, 202510Good
Jul 28, 202510Good
Jul 14, 202510Good
Jul 1, 202510Good
Jun 16, 202510Good
Jun 2, 202510Good
May 19, 202510Good
Aug 26, 202410Good
Aug 12, 202410Good
Jul 29, 202410Good
Jul 15, 202410Good
Jul 1, 202410Good
Jun 17, 202410Good
Jun 3, 202410Good
May 20, 202410Good

The long view

The state has 579 tests on record for Johnson Beach - Gulf over 26 years, starting July 2000. In the last 10 years, 2 tests of 74 (3%) 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 JOHNSON BEACH - GULF (Escambia County, EPA beach ID FL524842), at 30.29874, -87.41383. 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.