Highway 98 Beach Water Quality

Gulf County, Florida

No recent test

There is no test from the last 45 days.

Latest test
Jun 22, 2026 (136 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
18 of 20 tests Good, 1 Poor

The newest result we have is from Jun 22, 2026. Testing sometimes pauses; check the county health department's page or the signs at the beach.

Results over time

101001000Feb 3, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 9, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 18, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 23, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 2, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 9, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 19, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 30, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 7, 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 18, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 26, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 1, 2026: 63 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jun 8, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 15, 2026: 85 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 22, 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
Jun 22, 202610Good
Jun 15, 202685Poor Advisory
Jun 8, 202610Good
Jun 1, 202663Moderate
May 26, 202610Good
May 18, 202610Good
May 11, 202610Good
May 4, 202610Good
Apr 27, 202610Good
Apr 20, 202610Good
Apr 13, 202610Good
Apr 7, 202610Good
Mar 30, 202610Good
Mar 19, 202610Good
Mar 9, 202620Good
Mar 2, 202610Good

The long view

The state has 270 tests on record for Highway 98 Beach over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 1 test of 20 (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 HIGHWAY 98 BEACH (Gulf County, EPA beach ID FL493786), at 29.88119, -85.35150. 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.