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BeachGrade

Updated August 2026

Best beaches in Indiana by water quality

Indiana has 35 public beaches in the EPA monitoring dataset, 23 of them with enough bacteria samples to grade. 12 earn an A for consistently clean water, while 2 grade an F for frequently exceeding the safe-swimming limit. Full ranking below.

A 12
B 6
C 1
D 2
F 2
GradeBeachCounty% over limitSamplesAdvisory
ADune Acres Beach Porter0%129Excellent
ACentral Avenue BeachPorter0%76Excellent
AMichiana Shores Stop 37Laporte0.6%163Excellent
AKemil Avenue BeachPorter0.8%128Excellent
AShoreland Hills Beach Stop 31Laporte1%194Excellent
ADuneland Beach Stop 34Laporte1%191Excellent
AWells Street BeachLake1.1%372Excellent
ASheridan Beach Stop 2Laporte1.8%731Excellent
ALakeview BeachPorter1.9%324Excellent
ALong Beach Stop 20Laporte2.1%334Excellent
AOgden Dunes East BeachPorter2.5%1,084Excellent
ALake Street BeachLake2.6%39Excellent
BMarquette Park BeachLake3%1,862Good
BHammond Marina East BeachLake3.8%989Good
BWashington Park BeachLaporte4.3%2,786Good
BPorter BeachPorter5%443Good
BWest BeachPorter6.2%65Good
BWhihala Beach WestLake6.3%1,007Good
CIndiana Dunes State Park East BeachPorter9.2%435Fair
DBuffington Harbor BeachLake18.5%482Poor
DJeorse ParkLake23.3%476Poor
FJeorse Park Beach IAllen27.8%485Failing
FOgden Dunes BeachPorter28.2%308Failing
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