Asilomar State Beach

Pacific Grove, California

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Asilomar State Beach is a popular spot for nature walks, surfing, kayaking, and kite flying. It is an accessible beach, and features beach wheelchairs to allow those with limited mobility to enjoy the coastal experience. It is also dog-friendly; dogs must remain leashed at all times.

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Water Quality

Meets water quality standards
Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on January 21st, 2020. The Swim Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on January 22nd, 2020 at 10:02 AM.

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Current Weather

14°C

Mostly clear

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Source Information

The standards for indicator bacteria are as follows:Single sample maximumTotal Coliform > 10,000 MPN (Most Probable Number) / 100 ml of waterFecal Coliform > 400 MPN / 100 mlEnterococcus > 104 MPN / 100 mlGeometric Mean (5 samples collected over a 30 day period)Total Coliform > 1,000 MPN / 100 ml of waterFecal Coliform > 200 MPN / 100 mlEnterococcus > 33 MPN / 100 mlA coastal beach is marked Green when bacteria levels for a single day and geometric mean are below the standards mentioned.A coastal beach is marked Red when bacteria levels for a single day or the geometric mean are above the standards mentioned. A beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Lover's Point Monterey, California	Monterey, California	Current Status
Stillwater Cove Del Monte Forest, California	Del Monte Forest, California	Current Status
San Carlos Beach Monterey, California	Monterey, California	Current Status
Spanish Bay Pacific Grove, California	Pacific Grove, California	Current Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Lover's Point

Monterey, California

Current Status

Stillwater Cove

Del Monte Forest, California

Current Status

San Carlos Beach

Monterey, California

Current Status

Spanish Bay

Pacific Grove, California

Current Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.