South Jetty Beach Water Quality

Sarasota County, Florida · no longer sampled

No longer sampled

The state no longer samples this site.

Latest test
Jul 29, 2002 (8865 days ago)
Enterococci
<10 per 100 mL

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Jul 29, 2002<10Good
Jul 15, 2002<10Good
Jul 1, 2002<10Good
Jun 17, 200210Good
Jun 3, 2002<10Good
May 20, 200230Good
May 6, 2002<10Good
Apr 22, 2002<10Good
Apr 8, 2002<10Good
Mar 25, 2002<10Good
Mar 11, 2002<10Good
Feb 25, 2002<10Good
Feb 11, 2002<10Good
Jan 28, 2002<10Good
Jan 15, 200241Moderate
Jan 2, 2002<10Good

The long view

The state has 53 tests on record for South Jetty Beach over 3 years, starting July 2000. 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 SOUTH JETTY BEACH (Sarasota County, EPA beach ID FL808262), at 27.11108, -82.46565. 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.