Belleair Causeway-Intercoastal Beach Water Quality

Pinellas 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
16 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
17 of 20 tests Good, 1 Poor

Results over time

101001000Apr 27, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 4, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 11, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)May 18, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 26, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 1, 2026: 140 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 3, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 8, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 15, 2026: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jun 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 29, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 20, 2026: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 3, 2026: 36 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 17, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 31, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 14, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 28, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 12, 2026: 24 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 26, 2026: 16 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 26, 202616Good
Oct 12, 202624Good
Sep 28, 2026<10Good
Sep 14, 2026<10Good
Aug 31, 2026<10Good
Aug 17, 2026<10Good
Aug 3, 202636Moderate
Jul 20, 202616Good
Jul 7, 202612Good
Jun 29, 2026<10Good
Jun 22, 2026<10Good
Jun 15, 202652Moderate
Jun 8, 2026<10Good
Jun 3, 202612Good
Jun 1, 2026140Poor
May 26, 2026<10Good

The long view

The state has 334 tests on record for Belleair Causeway-Intercoastal 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 BELLEAIR CAUSEWAY-INTERCOASTAL BEACH (Pinellas County, EPA beach ID FL907640), at 27.91717, -82.83733. 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.