Updated 2026-07-13

Indiana beach 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

Grade	Beach	County	% over limit	Samples	Advisory
A	Dune Acres Beach	Porter	0%	129	Excellent
A	Central Avenue Beach	Porter	0%	76	Excellent
A	Michiana Shores Stop 37	Laporte	0.6%	163	Excellent
A	Kemil Avenue Beach	Porter	0.8%	128	Excellent
A	Shoreland Hills Beach Stop 31	Laporte	1%	194	Excellent
A	Duneland Beach Stop 34	Laporte	1%	191	Excellent
A	Wells Street Beach	Lake	1.1%	372	Excellent
A	Sheridan Beach Stop 2	Laporte	1.8%	731	Excellent
A	Lakeview Beach	Porter	1.9%	324	Excellent
A	Long Beach Stop 20	Laporte	2.1%	334	Excellent
A	Ogden Dunes East Beach	Porter	2.5%	1,084	Excellent
A	Lake Street Beach	Lake	2.6%	39	Excellent
B	Marquette Park Beach	Lake	3%	1,862	Good
B	Hammond Marina East Beach	Lake	3.8%	989	Good
B	Washington Park Beach	Laporte	4.3%	2,786	Good
B	Porter Beach	Porter	5%	443	Good
B	West Beach	Porter	6.2%	65	Good
B	Whihala Beach West	Lake	6.3%	1,007	Good
C	Indiana Dunes State Park East Beach	Porter	9.2%	435	Fair
D	Buffington Harbor Beach	Lake	18.5%	482	Poor
D	Jeorse Park	Lake	23.3%	476	Poor
F	Jeorse Park Beach I	Allen	27.8%	485	Failing
F	Ogden Dunes Beach	Porter	28.2%	308	Failing

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