Cape Palms Public Access Water Quality

Gulf County, Florida

Good

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

Latest test
Oct 26, 2026 (10 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
20 of 20 tests Good

Results over time

101001000Mar 30, 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 24, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 6, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 13, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 21, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 28, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 13, 2022: 74 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 18, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 25, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 8, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 15, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 15, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 22, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 29, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 13, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 20, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 29, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 3, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 10, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 17, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 24, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 1, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 14, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 21, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 28, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 5, 2026: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 12, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 19, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 26, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)2023202420252026
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 26, 202610Good
Oct 19, 202610Good
Oct 12, 202610Good
Oct 5, 202630Good
Sep 28, 202610Good
Sep 21, 202610Good
Sep 14, 202610Good
Sep 8, 202610Good
Sep 1, 202610Good
Aug 24, 202610Good
Aug 17, 202610Good
Aug 10, 202610Good
Aug 3, 2026<10Good
Jul 29, 2026<10Good
Jul 20, 202631Good
Jul 13, 202620Good

The long view

The state has 300 tests on record for Cape Palms Public Access over 17 years, starting January 2010. In the last 10 years, 6 tests of 123 (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 CAPE PALMS PUBLIC ACCESS (Gulf County, EPA beach ID FL613557), at 29.71972, -85.38528. 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.