Updated 2026-07-13

Alabama beach water quality

Alabama has 24 public beaches in the EPA monitoring dataset, 22 of them with enough bacteria samples to grade. 6 earn an A for consistently clean water, while 3 grade an F for frequently exceeding the safe-swimming limit. Full ranking below.

A 6

B 4

C 2

D 7

F 3

Grade	Beach	County	% over limit	Samples	Advisory
A	Cotton Bayou	Baldwin	0%	139	Excellent
A	Dauphin Island Public Beach	Mobile	0.8%	119	Excellent
A	Fort Morgan Public Beach	Baldwin	1%	96	Excellent
A	Gulf Shores Public Beach	Baldwin	1.3%	299	Excellent
A	Pirate's Cove	Baldwin	2%	50	Excellent
A	Camp Dixie	Baldwin	2.2%	138	Excellent
B	Little Lagoon Pass Beach	Baldwin	3.6%	222	Good
B	Florida Point	Baldwin	5%	322	Good
B	Escambia Avenue	Baldwin	5%	101	Good
B	Alabama Point (Gulf Of Mexico)	Baldwin	5.1%	136	Good
C	Dauphin Island East End	Mobile	7.4%	95	Fair
C	May Day Park	Baldwin	10.8%	157	Fair
D	Camp Beckwith	Baldwin	13.1%	350	Poor
D	Fairhope Public Beach	Baldwin	13.8%	268	Poor
D	Volanta Avenue	Baldwin	14.9%	168	Poor
D	Orange Beach Waterfront Park	Baldwin	15.9%	309	Poor
D	Orange Street Pier/Beach	Baldwin	16%	163	Poor
D	Spanish Cove	Baldwin	18.8%	170	Poor
D	Kee Avenue	Baldwin	19.1%	309	Poor
F	Fowl River @ Hw 193	Mobile	31.3%	272	Failing
F	Mary Ann Nelson Beach	Baldwin	32%	347	Failing
F	Dog River, Alba Club	Mobile	41%	907	Failing

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