Veteran's Beach Water Quality

Monroe County, Florida

Good

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

Latest test
Oct 20, 2026 (16 days ago)
Enterococci
<10 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
20 of 20 tests Good

Results over time

101001000Jan 27, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 10, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 24, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 10, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 24, 2026: 30 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 7, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 21, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 5, 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)Jun 30, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 14, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 28, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 11, 2026: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 25, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 6, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 20, 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
Oct 20, 2026<10Good
Oct 6, 2026<10Good
Sep 22, 2026<10Good
Sep 8, 2026<10Good
Aug 25, 2026<10Good
Aug 11, 202631Good
Jul 28, 202620Good
Jul 14, 202620Good
Jun 30, 2026<10Good
Jun 16, 2026<10Good
Jun 2, 2026<10Good
May 19, 2026<10Good
May 5, 2026<10Good
Apr 21, 2026<10Good
Apr 7, 2026<10Good
Mar 24, 202630Good

The long view

The state has 541 tests on record for Veteran's Beach over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 0 tests of 20 (0%) 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 VETERAN'S BEACH (Monroe County, EPA beach ID FL067541), at 24.68083, -81.23056. 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.