Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services
Ocean Monitoring Results

Sample Results for the Week of: May 12, 2008

(Website updated on Wednesdays and Fridays. Last update 5/14/08)    

  

Sites

Total Coliform (std=10,000 MPN*)

Exceeds Standard

Fecal Coliform (std =400 MPN*)

Exceeds Standard

Enterococcus (std=104MPN*)

Exceeds Standard

Exceeds FC:TC ratio standard**

Beach status

Arroyo Burro

2755

No

10

No

63

No

No

Open

Butterfly Beach

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Carpinteria City

30

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Carpinteria State

70

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

East Beach- Mission Creek

573

No

30

No

41

No

No

Open

East Beach Sycamore Creek

20

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

El Capitan State Beach

173

No

31

No

10

No

No

Open

Gaviota State Beach

1019

No

404

Yes

481

Yes

Yes

Warning

Goleta Beach

94

No

51

No

<10

No

No

Open

Guadalupe Dunes Beach

479

No

10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Hammonds

<10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Haskell's Beach

231

No

10

No

41

No

No

Open

Hope Ranch Beach

10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Jalama Beach

3654

No

51

No

<10

No

No

Open

Leadbetter

160

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Ocean/Surf  Beach

663

No

41

No

<10

No

No

Open

Refugio State Beach

146

No

<10

No

10

No

No

Open

Rincon at Bates Beach

<10

No

<10

No

20

No

No

Open

Sands at Coal Oil Point

10

No

<10

No

<10

No

No

Open

Summerland Beach

41

No

<10

No

10

No

No

Open

*mpn = most probable number = bacterial count per 100 ml of water
**State health standard is exceeded when fecal coliform (FC) to total coliform ratio exceeds 0.1 and
total coliform count exceeds 1,000mpn


Note
 Re-samples are typically taken on Wednesdays and shown in bold.

Open: Sampling results indicate that water quality meets state health standards.

 

Warning:  WarningSign.jpg

 

Sampling results indicate that bacterial levels exceed health standards at this location.Yellow ‘WARNING’ signs have been posted at the beach. County Health Officer cautions that contact with ocean water may increase risk of illness. Visitors are advised to stay a minimum of 50 yards away from both sides of creek mouths or storm drains.

 

Closed:
ClosedSign.jpg
Water has been contaminated by sewage at this location! Contact with ocean water may cause illness. Red ‘KEEP OUT’ signs have been posted at the beach. The County Health Officer advises the public to stay out of the water a minimum of ¼ mile away from both sides of creek mouths or storm drains. The beach will remain closed until re-sampling results indicate ocean water meets state health standards.

 

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