San Carlos Beach - Scb is a saltwater beach in Monterey County, California. Across 166 bacteria samples collected between 2021 and 2025 at nearby monitoring stations, it earns a Beach Safety Grade of B — Good.
About 4% of samples at San Carlos Beach - Scb exceeded the EPA Beach Action Value of 104 CFU/100 mL for Enterococcus — the threshold at which water managers typically post a swimming advisory. In practice that means the safe-swimming limit was rarely crossed here over the monitored period. Bacteria samples rarely exceed the safe-swimming threshold.
San Carlos Beach - Scb was not under a swimming advisory in the most recent EPA snapshot. Conditions can change quickly after heavy rain or high runoff, so it's still worth checking the current advisory the day you go.