Sylvan Beach - North

La Porte, Texas

Sylvan Beach Park is a large, historic park and beach on Galveston Bay in Harris County. Smaller waves and fine sand make it a great place to sunbathe or go for a swim. There is a playground, picnic area, fishing pier, and boat ramp. The park hosts a variety of events throughout the year. Restrooms are available. The Sylvan Beach Pavilion was damaged during Hurricane Ike, but restoration is underway.

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Water Quality

Met water quality standards less than 60% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on February 19th, 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 February 20th, 2020 at 4:30 PM.

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Samples are collected weekly during the peak beach season from May through September and every other week from October through April. In March weekly samples are collected for Beach Watch stations on all gulf beaches to coincide with spring break.There are three levels of advisories in Texas. The lowest level occurs when enterococcus densities are below 35 cfu (colony forming units)/100 ml. A medium-level advisory occurs when enterococcus densities are between 35 cfu/100 ml and 104 cfu/100 ml, and a high-level advisory is issued, with swimming not recommended, when the enterococcus density is greater than 104 cfu/100 ml.The public is notified of all advisory levels on the Internet, but signs are posted on the beach and in Swim Guide for high-level advisories.A beach is marked Green when single sample results contain fewer than 104 cfu/100 ml of waterA beach is marked Red when single sample results contain more than 104 cfu/100 ml of waterA beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Sylvan Beach - South La Porte, Texas	La Porte, Texas	Historical Status
Galveston Bay at Bayland Park Baytown, Texas	Baytown, Texas	Historical Status
Galveston Bay at Houston Yacht Club Shoreacres, Texas	Shoreacres, Texas	Historical Status
Galveston Bay at Shoreacres Shoreacres, Texas	Shoreacres, Texas	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Sylvan Beach - South

La Porte, Texas

Historical Status

Galveston Bay at Bayland Park

Baytown, Texas

Historical Status

Galveston Bay at Houston Yacht Club

Shoreacres, Texas

Historical Status

Galveston Bay at Shoreacres

Shoreacres, Texas

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.

	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.