Mash's Sands Water Quality

Wakulla County, Florida

No recent test

There is no test from the last 45 days.

Latest test
Oct 20, 2025 (381 days ago)
Enterococci
48 per 100 mL

The newest result we have is from Oct 20, 2025. Testing sometimes pauses; check the county health department's page or the signs at the beach.

Results over time

101001000Mar 10, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 24, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 5, 2022: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 19, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 2, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 17, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 1, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 13, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 29, 2022: 22 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 12, 2022: 516 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 18, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 26, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 7, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 3, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 17, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 6, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 22, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 4, 2023: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 18, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 1, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 15, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 30, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 26, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 28, 2023: 22 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 10, 2023: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 24, 2023: 18 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 7, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 21, 2023: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 5, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 19, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 7, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 18, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 1, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 15, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 30, 2024: 24 per 100 mL (Good)May 13, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 28, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 10, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 24, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 10, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 22, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 7, 2024: 18 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 19, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 3, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 16, 2024: 118 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 18, 2024: 210 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 30, 2024: 188 per 100 mL (Poor)Oct 16, 2024: 40 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 30, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 18, 2025: 152 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 24, 2025: 36 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 8, 2025: 500 per 100 mL (Poor)Apr 14, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 5, 2025: 32 per 100 mL (Good)May 19, 2025: 27 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 3, 2025: 22 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 16, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 2, 2025: 240 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 7, 2025: 260 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 9, 2025: 80 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 14, 2025: 70 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 28, 2025: 46 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 12, 2025: 50 per 100 mL (Moderate)Aug 26, 2025: 58 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 10, 2025: 16 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 24, 2025: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 7, 2025: 40 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 20, 2025: 48 per 100 mL (Moderate)202320242025
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 20, 202548Moderate
Oct 7, 202540Moderate
Sep 24, 202512Good
Sep 10, 202516Good
Aug 26, 202558Moderate
Aug 12, 202550Moderate
Jul 28, 202546Moderate
Jul 14, 202570Moderate
Jul 9, 202580Poor
Jul 7, 2025260Poor
Jul 2, 2025240Poor
Jun 16, 2025<10Good
Jun 3, 202522Good
May 19, 202527Good
May 5, 202532Good
Apr 14, 202510Good

The long view

The state has 731 tests on record for Mash's Sands over 26 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 12 tests of 170 (7%) 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 MASH'S SANDS (Wakulla County, EPA beach ID FL605367), at 29.97310, -84.34049. 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.