San Francisco Beach Water Quality

The beach monitoring program is a cooperative effort between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Samples are collected weekly year-round. Additional monitoring is conducted whenever a treated discharge from the City’s Combined sewer system occurs that affects a monitored beach. READ MORE about the combined sewer system and a detailed explanation of the Beach Monitoring Program.

  • Beach Open icon Water quality meets State of California bacteria standards for water contact recreation.
  • Beach Posted icon Concentrations of bacteria were elevated at this location within the past 24 hours or a combined sewer discharge has recently occurred at this site.
  • Data N/A icon This location is not sampled. No data is available at this time.
  • Data N/A icon This location is not routinely sampled. No data is available at this time.
  • CSO icon Combined Sewer Discharge has occurred within the last 24-72 hours. (Call 1-877-SFBEACH or 1-877-732-3224 for details)

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