Skagit Wildlife Recreation Area is a saltwater beach in Snohomish County, Washington. Across 38 bacteria samples collected between 2021 and 2025 at nearby monitoring stations, it earns a Beach Safety Grade of F — Failing.
About 47% of samples at Skagit Wildlife Recreation Area exceeded the EPA Beach Action Value of 235 CFU/100 mL for Escherichia coli — the threshold at which water managers typically post a swimming advisory. In practice that means the safe-swimming limit was frequently crossed here over the monitored period. Bacteria samples exceed the safe-swimming threshold a large share of the time — this beach flags advisories often.
Read this grade as directional rather than settled: it rests on only 38 samples. That is enough to classify how the water has behaved, but not enough to separate this beach from another a grade away — a beach graded from thousands of samples at several stations is a firmer read. As more results are reported, the grade may shift.
Skagit Wildlife Recreation Area 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.