Quiet Water Beach Water Quality

Escambia County, Florida

No recent test

There is no test from the last 45 days.

Latest test
Oct 20, 2025 (381 days ago)
Enterococci
52 per 100 mL

The newest result we have is from Oct 20, 2025. Testing sometimes pauses; check the county health department's page or the signs at the beach.

Results over time

101001000Mar 14, 2022: 20 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: 86 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 6, 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: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 29, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 12, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 26, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 10, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 24, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 6, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 20, 2023: 189 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 21, 2023: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 3, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 17, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 1, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 15, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 30, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 26, 2023: 600 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 27, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 10, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 24, 2023: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 7, 2023: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 21, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 5, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 18, 2023: 160 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 19, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 2, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 16, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 30, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 25, 2024: 189 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 27, 2024: 132 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 29, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 22, 2024: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)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: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 1, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 15, 2024: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 29, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2024: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 26, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 9, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 23, 2024: 84 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 25, 2024: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 7, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 21, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 10, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 24, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 7, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 21, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 5, 2025: 86 per 100 mL (Poor)May 7, 2025: 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: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)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 25, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2025: 85 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 10, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 22, 2025: 169 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 24, 2025: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 6, 2025: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 20, 2025: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)202320242025
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 20, 202552Moderate
Oct 6, 202552Moderate
Sep 24, 202541Moderate
Sep 22, 2025169Poor
Sep 10, 202510Good
Sep 8, 202585Poor
Aug 25, 202510Good
Aug 11, 202510Good
Jul 28, 202510Good
Jul 14, 202510Good
Jul 1, 202541Moderate
Jun 16, 202510Good
Jun 2, 202510Good
May 19, 202510Good
May 7, 202510Good
May 5, 202586Poor

The long view

The state has 824 tests on record for Quiet Water Beach over 26 years, starting July 2000. In the last 10 years, 19 tests of 185 (10%) came back Poor, 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 QUIET WATER BEACH (Escambia County, EPA beach ID FL412379), at 30.33566, -87.14123. 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.