Which beaches should you avoid or double-check today in Tampa Bay Area?
This view pushes the highest-concern beaches in Tampa Bay Area to the top so you can spot poor readings, advisories, and high-risk patterns fast.
No beaches in Tampa Bay Area currently show poor or advisory-level conditions. Use this page as a quick double-check screen, then confirm sample age and recent rain before swimming.
How this page sorts
Sorted by the worst current status first, then by the highest current reading, recent poor-sample rate, and recency of concerning history. Only direct name-and-location samples can appear in the ranked picks; nearby-station records are listed separately.
When to use it
Use this page when you want to quickly screen out the beaches that deserve the most skepticism right now.
What still overrides it
Heavy rain, runoff, brown water, or a stale sample can make any ranked list less trustworthy for a same-day swim call.
Double-Check First In This View
Back to the main page →These directly sampled beaches are sorted so the conditions most worth double-checking appear first, even though this set is currently all good.
Avoid Today
Clearwater Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 12 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Picnic Island Beach
Hillsborough County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 12 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Ben T. Davis Beach
Hillsborough County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 8 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Honeymoon Island State Park
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Madeira Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Davis Islands Beach
Hillsborough County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Sand Key Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Avoid Today
Fort De Soto Park Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Direct-Sample Ranked List
9 directly sampled beaches in this set.
Clearwater Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 12 CFU/100mL
Picnic Island Beach
Hillsborough County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 12 CFU/100mL
Ben T. Davis Beach
Hillsborough County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 8 CFU/100mL
Honeymoon Island State Park
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Madeira Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Davis Islands Beach
Hillsborough County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Sand Key Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Fort De Soto Park Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Indian Rocks Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Nearby-Station Context In This View
Not ranked as exact beach samples.
These 3 beach pages use samples from nearby Florida DOH stations. They remain visible for context, but they do not compete for top-pick or strongest-choice claims.
Nearby station · Avoid Today
Caladesi Island State Park
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
Nearby-station context from HONEYMOON ISLAND BEACH, about 1.1 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Nearby station · Avoid Today
Treasure Island Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
Nearby-station context from MADEIRA BEACH, about 3.5 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
Nearby station · Avoid Today
St. Pete Beach
Pinellas County · Gulf Coast
Nearby-station context from PASS-A-GRILLE BEACH, about 1.9 mi away; not an exact-beach sample.
GOOD right now · 4 CFU/100mL
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How To Use This View
Use this page when you want to quickly screen out the beaches that deserve the most skepticism right now.
Top picks and the ranked list use only the 9 direct name-and-location beach samples. The 3 nearby-station context records stay separate and cannot identify the strongest exact beach.
If it has rained recently, use the rain guide before trusting any beach list too much.
Data from FL DOH Healthy Beaches Program. This is an independent project — check with Florida DOH for official conditions.