Courtney Campbell Causeway Water Quality

Pinellas 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 26, 2026 (10 days ago)
Enterococci
56 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
16 of 20 tests Good, 3 Poor

Results over time

101001000May 11, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)May 18, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 26, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 1, 2026: 12 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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 20, 2026: 420 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 3, 2026: 240 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 5, 2026: 220 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 6, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 26, 2026: 56 per 100 mL (Moderate)
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 26, 202656Moderate
Oct 12, 2026<10Good
Sep 28, 2026<10Good
Sep 14, 2026<10Good
Aug 31, 2026<10Good
Aug 17, 2026<10Good
Aug 6, 2026<10Good
Aug 5, 2026220Poor Advisory
Aug 3, 2026240Poor
Jul 22, 2026<10Good
Jul 20, 2026420Poor
Jul 7, 2026<10Good
Jun 29, 2026<10Good
Jun 22, 2026<10Good
Jun 15, 2026<10Good
Jun 8, 2026<10Good

The long view

The state has 794 tests on record for Courtney Campbell Causeway over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 12 tests of 131 (9%) came back Poor, 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 COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY (Pinellas County, EPA beach ID FL703116), at 27.96083, -82.69767. 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.