Crescent Beach Water Quality

St. Johns 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
12 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
22 of 22 tests Good

Results over time

101001000Mar 8, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 22, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 3, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 17, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 31, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 28, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 19, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 26, 2022: 200 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 28, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 9, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 23, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 6, 2022: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 20, 2022: 456 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 22, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 4, 2022: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 18, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 28, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 11, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 25, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 9, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 23, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 6, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 20, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 18, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 1, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 15, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 5, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 12, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 26, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 10, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 24, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 5, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 19, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 2, 2024: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 16, 2024: 24 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 30, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 28, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 25, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 9, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 23, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 6, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 21, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 3, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 17, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 1, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 15, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 5, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 19, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 17, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 18, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 4, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 18, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 1, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 15, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 29, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 13, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 27, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 10, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 24, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 8, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 22, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2025: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 19, 2025: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 2, 2025: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 16, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 14, 2025: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 21, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 4, 2025: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 18, 2025: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 9, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 16, 2025: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 3, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 10, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Feb 24, 2026: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 10, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 24, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 7, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 21, 2026: 32 per 100 mL (Good)May 5, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 19, 2026: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 2, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 16, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 14, 2026: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 28, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 9, 2026: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 6, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 20, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)2023202420252026
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 20, 202612Good
Oct 6, 2026<10Good
Sep 22, 2026<10Good
Sep 9, 202616Good
Aug 26, 2026<10Good
Aug 12, 2026<10Good
Jul 28, 202612Good
Jul 14, 202616Good
Jun 16, 2026<10Good
Jun 2, 2026<10Good
May 19, 202616Good
May 12, 2026no resultNo result
May 5, 2026<10Good
Apr 21, 202632Good
Apr 7, 2026<10Good
Mar 24, 2026<10Good

The long view

The state has 792 tests on record for Crescent Beach over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 4 tests of 187 (2%) 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 CRESCENT BEACH (St. Johns County, EPA beach ID FL620625), at 29.76953, -81.25172. 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.