Pine Island Beach Water Quality

Hernando County, Florida

Moderate

The latest test found moderate bacteria levels (36 to 70 per 100 mL). Swimming is allowed; people with weak immune systems may want to wait.

Latest test
Oct 20, 2026 (16 days ago)
Enterococci
40 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
13 of 20 tests Good, 5 Poor

Results over time

101001000Apr 4, 2022: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2022: 921 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 12, 2022: 285 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 14, 2022: 411 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 21, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 19, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 2, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 6, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 20, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 18, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2023: 36 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 15, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 2, 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: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 2, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 27, 2024: 248 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 30, 2024: 161 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 4, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 19, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 3, 2025: 15 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 8, 2025: 15 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 21, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 17, 2026: 453 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 20, 2026: 774 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 30, 2026: 15 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 10, 2026: 15 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 21, 2026: 15 per 100 mL (Good)May 4, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)May 18, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 19, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 2, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 16, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 21, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 4, 2026: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 18, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 1, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 15, 2026: 97 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 22, 2026: 75 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 28, 2026: 156 per 100 mL (Poor)Oct 6, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 20, 2026: 40 per 100 mL (Moderate)2023202420252026
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 20, 202640Moderate
Oct 6, 202631Good
Sep 28, 2026156Poor
Sep 22, 202675Poor
Sep 15, 202697Poor Advisory
Sep 1, 202620Good
Aug 18, 202610Good
Aug 4, 202652Moderate
Jul 21, 202610Good
Jul 7, 202610Good
Jun 16, 202610Good
Jun 2, 202610Good
May 19, 202610Good
May 18, 202610Good
May 4, 202631Good
Apr 21, 202615Good

The long view

The state has 747 tests on record for Pine Island Beach over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 35 tests of 151 (23%) came back Poor, well 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 PINE ISLAND BEACH (Hernando County, EPA beach ID FL197589), at 28.56866, -82.65654. 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.