Jarrell Cove State Park

Shelton, Washington

Managed by Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

Accessible by car or by personal watercraft.

Great water views and a large public dock/pier.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available.

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Current Weather

11°C

Cloudy with a few clear breaks

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

The Washington Department of Ecology BEACH program tests water quality at salt water swimming beaches every week from Memorial Day to Labor Day for enterococcus bacteria. During the sampling period, Puget Soundkeeper regularly updates the Swim Guide to reflect the most current information. The saltwater swimming criteria are in two parts:

The geometric mean* should not exceed 30 enterococci/100 mL, based on results from a minimum of five weekly samples and a maximum of 12 weekly samples. The statistical threshold value* should not exceed 110 enterococci/100 mL, based on results from a minimum of five weekly samples and a maximum of 12 weekly samples. If either of these criteria is exceeded, a beach advisory should be issued at the beach.

To protect swimmers' health, BEACH also uses a Beach Action Value. If enterococcus levels exceed 104 enterococci/100 mL, a beach advisory is issued.

A beach is marked green if it meets all of the above criteria.
A beach is marked red if it exceeds any one of the above criteria.
A beach is marked grey if no current data is available.

Sample results are also shared on the Department of Ecology BEACH program website: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/coastalatlas/Tools/BeachClosure.aspx

More information about sampling protocols is available here: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/beach/program.html

* The geometric mean and statistical threshold value concentrations are based on the arithmetic average of the three samples collected at a single beach for the day

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Twanoh State Park Belfair, Washington	Belfair, Washington	Historical Status
Allyn Waterfront Park Allyn, Washington	Allyn, Washington	Current Status
Penrose Point State Park Lakebay, Washington	Lakebay, Washington	Historical Status
Kopachuck State Park Gig Harbor, Washington	Gig Harbor, Washington	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Twanoh State Park

Belfair, Washington

Historical Status

Allyn Waterfront Park

Allyn, Washington

Current Status

Penrose Point State Park

Lakebay, Washington

Historical Status

Kopachuck State Park

Gig Harbor, Washington

Historical 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.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	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.