South Florida’s dirtiest beaches

Some of the area repeat offenders with the worst results in testing for high bacteria counts.

Wondering which beaches are repeat offenders for high bacteria counts in the water? We’ve compiled the three beaches with the worst results in each county this year, according to the Florida Healthy Beaches website. Officials have discretion over whether to warn the public when tests show bacteria in the water. You can also find details on your local beach by searching the table at the end of this story.

Broward County

A tie between Commercial Boulevard Pier and Northeast 16th Street in Pompano Beach: four poor tests each; zero warnings. A tie between Pompano Beach Pier and Hallandale Beach Boulevard: three poor tests each; zero warnings.

A tie between John U. Lloyd in Fort Lauderdale and Custer Beach in Hollywood: two poor tests each; zero warnings.

Broward County hasn’t issued any warnings for any of its beaches this year. Bahia Mar in Fort Lauderdale is the only beach with no poor tests since testing started there in January 2018.

Palm Beach County

Dubois Park in Jupiter: five poor tests; five warnings.

Lake Worth Beach in Lake Worth: four poor tests; four warnings.

Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach: three poor tests; three warnings.

South Inlet Park in Boca Raton is the only beach with no poor tests since testing started there in January 2018.

Miami-Dade County

Crandon Park South in Key Biscayne: 15 poor tests; nine warnings.

Crandon Park North in Key Biscayne: 13 poor tests; seven warnings.

Virginia Beach: 11 poor tests; four warnings.

After those, only one other beach has poor tests in the double digits, with North Shore Ocean Terrace in Miami Beach at 10 with three warnings. After that, the number of poor tests drops into the single digits, with nine poor tests and one warning at Collins Park at 21st Street and Haulover Beach, with two warnings. Not a single beach had zero poor tests, with the cleanest beach, Oleta State Park in North Miami Beach, gleaning two poor tests and zero warnings.

MIKE STOCKER/SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County has issued a health advisory for Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach after recent sampling showed bacterial levels in the water to be more than 71 colonies per milliliter of marine water.