Lookout Beach Water Quality

Gulf County, Florida

Good

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

Latest test
Oct 19, 2026 (17 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: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 25, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 9, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 24, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 6, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 13, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 21, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 28, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 13, 2022: 63 per 100 mL (Moderate)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: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 22, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 29, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 6, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 19, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 17, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 1, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 6, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 27, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 4, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 18, 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 6, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 19, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 26, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 11, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 17, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 24, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 7, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 14, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 22, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 28, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 5, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 18, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 3, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 16, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 31, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 13, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 25, 2024: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 22, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 20, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 28, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 3, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 11, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 17, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 24, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 1, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 15, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 22, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 30, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 6, 2024: 755 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 12, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 19, 2024: 135 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 21, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 4, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 17, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 7, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 22, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 28, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 4, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 1, 2025: 63 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 14, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 24, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 12, 2025: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 9, 2025: 74 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 11, 2025: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 16, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 23, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 30, 2025: 248 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 2, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 8, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 21, 2025: 73 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 28, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 11, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 18, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 25, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 22, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 6, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 11, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 26, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 1, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 8, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 15, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 22, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 29, 2026: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 13, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 20, 2026: 10 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 21, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 5, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 19, 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 19, 202610Good
Oct 5, 202610Good
Sep 21, 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, 202610Good
Jul 13, 202610Good
Jul 7, 202620Good
Jun 29, 202630Good
Jun 22, 202610Good
Jun 15, 202610Good

The long view

The state has 780 tests on record for Lookout Beach over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 8 tests of 198 (4%) 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 LOOKOUT BEACH (Gulf County, EPA beach ID FL841635), at 29.92473, -85.38821. 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.