Updated August 2026
Best beaches in Georgia by water quality
Georgia has 42 public beaches in the EPA monitoring dataset, 21 of them with enough bacteria samples to grade. 8 earn an A for consistently clean water. Full ranking below.
| Grade | Beach | County | % over limit | Samples | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Contentment Bluff Sandbar | McIntosh | 0% | 40 | Excellent |
| A | South Ossabaw | Chatham | 0% | 33 | Excellent |
| A | Bradley (Ossabaw) | Chatham | 0% | 33 | Excellent |
| A | South Dunes Beach (Jekyll) | Glynn | 1.3% | 228 | Excellent |
| A | Glory Beach | Glynn | 1.3% | 225 | Excellent |
| A | Tybee Island North | Chatham | 2.2% | 227 | Excellent |
| A | Tybee Island Strand | Chatham | 2.4% | 464 | Excellent |
| A | Sea Island North | Glynn | 2.9% | 68 | Excellent |
| B | Dallas Bluff Sandbar | McIntosh | 3.1% | 32 | Good |
| B | Oceanview Beach | Glynn | 3.4% | 233 | Good |
| B | Tybee Island Polk St. | Chatham | 3.5% | 457 | Good |
| B | Great Dunes Beach | Glynn | 3.9% | 232 | Good |
| B | Blythe Island Regional Park Sandbar | Glynn | 4.7% | 43 | Good |
| B | East Beach Old Coast Guard (Ssi) | Glynn | 5.1% | 235 | Good |
| B | St. Andrews Beach (Jekyll) | Glynn | 5.6% | 249 | Good |
| B | Jekyll Clam Creek Beach | Glynn | 5.7% | 264 | Good |
| B | Massengale (Ssi) | Glynn | 5.9% | 237 | Good |
| C | 12 St. Goulds Inlet (Ssi) | Glynn | 7.1% | 241 | Fair |
| C | St. Simons Island Lighthouse | Glynn | 7.5% | 492 | Fair |
| D | Reimolds Pasture (Little Ssi) | Glynn | 12.5% | 32 | Poor |
| D | Skidaway Narrows | Chatham | 20.4% | 54 | Poor |
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