St. Augustine Beach - Ocean Trace Water Quality

St. Johns County, Florida

No recent test

There is no test from the last 45 days.

Latest test
Dec 16, 2025 (324 days ago)
Enterococci
28 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
3 of 3 tests Good

The newest result we have is from Dec 16, 2025. Testing sometimes pauses; check the county health department's page or the signs at the beach.

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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 9, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 23, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 6, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 20, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 4, 2022: <10 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: 32 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: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 19, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 2, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 16, 2024: <10 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: 28 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 9, 2024: 16 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: <10 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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 19, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 2, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 16, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 14, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 21, 2025: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 4, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Nov 18, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 9, 2025: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Dec 16, 2025: 28 per 100 mL (Good)202320242025
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Dec 16, 202528Good
Dec 9, 202516Good
Nov 18, 202520Good
Nov 4, 2025<10Good
Oct 21, 202516Good
Oct 14, 202520Good
Sep 16, 2025<10Good
Sep 2, 2025<10Good
Aug 19, 2025<10Good
Aug 12, 2025<10Good
Jul 22, 2025<10Good
Jul 8, 2025<10Good
Jun 24, 2025<10Good
Jun 10, 2025<10Good
May 27, 2025<10Good
May 13, 2025<10Good

The long view

The state has 769 tests on record for St. Augustine Beach - Ocean Trace over 26 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 1 test of 166 (under 1%) 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 ST AUGUSTINE BEACH - OCEAN TRACE (St. Johns County, EPA beach ID FL192350), at 29.82227, -81.26302. 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.