Shell Point Water Quality

Wakulla County, Florida

Good

The latest test found low bacteria levels (35 or fewer per 100 mL).

Latest test
Oct 12, 2026 (24 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
12 of 18 tests Good, 2 Poor

Results over time

101001000Mar 10, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 24, 2022: 104 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 28, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 5, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 19, 2022: 12 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: 24 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 12, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 26, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 7, 2022: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 3, 2022: <10 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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 18, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 1, 2023: 12 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: 66 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jun 28, 2023: 22 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 10, 2023: 62 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 12, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 24, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 7, 2023: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 21, 2023: 18 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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 13, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 28, 2024: 56 per 100 mL (Moderate)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: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 19, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 3, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 16, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 30, 2024: 25 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 16, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 30, 2024: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 18, 2025: 72 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 24, 2025: 42 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 8, 2025: 370 per 100 mL (Poor)Apr 14, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)May 5, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 19, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 3, 2025: 15 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 16, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 2, 2025: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 14, 2025: 36 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 28, 2025: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2025: 26 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 8, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 22, 2025: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 7, 2025: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 20, 2025: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Mar 2, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 17, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 30, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 13, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 27, 2026: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 11, 2026: 78 per 100 mL (Poor)May 13, 2026: 40 per 100 mL (Moderate)May 26, 2026: 40 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jun 8, 2026: 56 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jun 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 7, 2026: 70 per 100 mL (Moderate)Jul 21, 2026: 120 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 23, 2026: 22 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: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 12, 2026: 10 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 12, 202610Good
Sep 28, 202620Good
Sep 14, 202610Good
Aug 31, 202610Good
Aug 17, 202610Good
Jul 23, 202622Good
Jul 21, 2026120Poor
Jul 7, 202670Moderate
Jun 22, 2026<10Good
Jun 8, 202656Moderate
May 26, 202640Moderate
May 13, 202640Moderate
May 11, 202678Poor
Apr 27, 202610Good
Apr 13, 202610Good
Mar 30, 2026<10Good

The long view

The state has 802 tests on record for Shell Point over 27 years, starting August 2000. In the last 10 years, 15 tests of 199 (8%) 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 SHELL POINT (Wakulla County, EPA beach ID FL437199), at 30.05766, -84.29045. 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.