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Oceanside water quality

Water samples, official beach notices, and an experimental ocean forecast.

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Lab results describe water collected on the sample date. Conditions can change between samples.

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Latest available samples in Oceanside

Lab data retrieved . Sample dates are listed below.

Results retain their reported units and qualifiers. DNA copies and culture counts use different methods. Outlet samples describe the outlet, rather than the adjacent swimming beach.

Latest sampled day for each indicator and station; highest result when there are several that day.
Monitoring stationSample dateIndicatorReported result
St. Malo BeachOC-010Enterococcus<10 MPN/100ml
St. Malo BeachOC-010Fecal Coliforms<2 MPN/100ml
St. Malo BeachOC-010Total Coliforms<2 MPN/100ml
Cassidy StreetOC-020Enterococcus<10 MPN/100ml
Cassidy StreetOC-020Fecal Coliforms<2 MPN/100ml
Cassidy StreetOC-020Total Coliforms<2 MPN/100ml
500'N. of Loma Alta outletOC-030Enterococcus1740 MPN/100ml
500'N. of Loma Alta outletOC-030Fecal Coliforms230 MPN/100ml
500'N. of Loma Alta outletOC-030Total Coliforms9800 MPN/100ml
Forster StreetOC-040Enterococcus<10 MPN/100ml
Forster StreetOC-040Fecal Coliforms<2 MPN/100ml
Forster StreetOC-040Total Coliforms2 MPN/100ml
Tyson StreetOC-050Enterococcus<10 MPN/100ml
Tyson StreetOC-050Fecal Coliforms<2 MPN/100ml
Tyson StreetOC-050Total Coliforms4 MPN/100ml
San Luis Rey River outletOC-100Enterococcus236 Copies/100ml
San Luis Rey River outletOC-100Fecal Coliforms2 CFU/100ml
San Luis Rey River outletOC-100Total Coliforms<2 CFU/100ml
Harbor BeachOC-110Enterococcus207 Copies/100ml
Surfrider WayOC-090Enterococcus1123 Copies/100ml
Loma Alta Creek oultetOC-022Enterococcus311 Copies/100ml
Loma Alta Creek oultetOC-022Fecal Coliforms2 MPN/100ml
Loma Alta Creek oultetOC-022Total Coliforms17 MPN/100ml
Oceanside pierOC-080Enterococcus499 Copies/100ml

Source: California BeachWatch monitoring records.

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