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BeachGrade

Updated 2026-07-13

Puerto Rico beach water quality

Puerto Rico has 37 public beaches in the EPA monitoring dataset, 35 of them with enough bacteria samples to grade. 2 grade an F for frequently exceeding the safe-swimming limit. Full ranking below.

A 0
B 8
C 14
D 11
F 2
GradeBeachCounty% over limitSamplesAdvisory
BPlaya Ocean Park, San JuanSan Juan4.9%142Good
BBalneario De Boqueron, Cabo RojoCabo Rojo5%139Good
BBalneario Cerro Gordo, DoradoDorado5.6%162Good
BBalneario De CarolinaCarolina5.9%169Good
BPlaya Villa Lamela, Cabo RojoCabo Rojo6.3%174Good
BPlayita Rosada, LajasLajas6.3%159Good
BBalneario Pico De Piedra, AguadaAguada6.8%148Good
BPlaya Azul, LuquilloLuquillo6.8%147Good
CPlayita Del CondadoSan Juan7.3%150Fair
CBalneario El Escambron, San JuanSan Juan7.7%156Fair
CPlaya Cabullon, PoncePonce7.9%202Fair
CPlaya El Combate, Cabo RojoCabo Rojo8.2%184Fair
CBalneario De Salinas, SalinasSalinas8.2%146Fair
CMar ChiquitaManati8.3%192Fair
CPlaya Santa, GuanicaGuanica8.5%164Fair
CPlaya El Alambique, CarolinaCarolina8.6%140Fair
CPlaya Sixto Escobar, San JuanSan Juan8.8%147Fair
CBalneario Cana Gorda, GuanicaGuanica8.9%190Fair
CBalneario La Monserrate, LuquilloLuquillo8.9%158Fair
CPlaya Vacia Talega, LoizaLoiza9%166Fair
CBalneario De RinconRincon10.2%166Fair
CBalneario Puerto Nuevo, Vega BajaVega Baja11%172Fair
DBalneario Seven Seas, FajardoFajardo12.3%154Poor
DBalneario Crash Boat, AguadillaAguadilla12.4%185Poor
DBalneario Punta Salinas, Toa BajaToa Baja13%200Poor
DPlaya Mojacasabe, Cabo RojoCabo Rojo13.6%147Poor
DBalneario Punta Guilarte, ArroyoArroyo14.1%170Poor
DBalneario De AnascoAnasco16.6%181Poor
DPlaya Buye, Cabo RojoCabo Rojo17%159Poor
DBalneario De HumacaoHumacao17.6%165Poor
DBalneario Sardinera, DoradoDorado18.8%186Poor
DBalneario PatillasPatillas20.3%202Poor
DMuelle De AreciboArecibo23.1%182Poor
FPlaya Guayanes, YabucoaYabucoa26.5%264Failing
FTropical Beach, NaguaboNaguabo33.3%231Failing

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