National List of Beaches: Interactive Version

This interactive report contains data for 2024. Previous PDF only versions: 2010, 2008, 2004
   
Number of total and monitored coastal and Great Lake BEACH Act Beaches by Jurisdiction (state/tribe/territory)
   
6,415 Total BEACH Act Beaches*
3,492 Total Monitored Beaches

   
Totals    
Total JurisdictionsTotal BeachesMonitoredNot MonitoredTier 4 (B)**Beach Length (Mi)
3964153492160113165529.95
   

This list contains the most recent information reported to EPA by coastal and Great Lakes states, territories, and eligible tribes. The number of Total Beaches is the sum of Beach Act Beaches, including those with only Private Access (non-public). It does not include beaches that the Jursidiction has marked Historic. More information for prior year data and additional details can be found in the EPA’s BEACON 2.0 - Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification system.
Jurisdiction: States
JurisdictionTotal BeachesMonitoredNot MonitoredTier 4 (B)**Beach Length (Mi)
ALABAMA24240028.29
ALASKA209100199316.79
CALIFORNIA25425400323.96
CONNECTICUT73730015.44
DELAWARE24240024.01
FLORIDA5752634308909.24
GEORGIA382801084.45
HAWAII4081752330289.2
ILLINOIS57516016.74
INDIANA24240026.49
LOUISIANA24230121.86
MAINE1056603940.4
MARYLAND65650020.11
MASSACHUSETTS57657420152.82
MICHIGAN5982053930469.23
MINNESOTA813834058.64
MISSISSIPPI21210034.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE1616008.75
NEW JERSEY45421418753196.82
NEW YORK353337160122.54
NORTH CAROLINA21621600335.87
OHIO79574045.83
OREGON8920069226.43
PENNSYLVANIA137153.12
RHODE ISLAND826901328.08
SOUTH CAROLINA21210090.95
TEXAS16816800331.85
VIRGINIA46460035.98
WASHINGTON1228626674991053.63
WISCONSIN19510778153.74
Jurisdiction: Territories
JurisdictionTotal BeachesMonitoredNot MonitoredTier 4 (B)**Beach Length (Mi)
AMERICAN SAMOA4848007.3
GUAM32311015.93
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS87831332.95
PUERTO RICO35350016.11
VIRGIN ISLANDS4545007.99
Jurisdiction: Tribes
JurisdictionTotal BeachesMonitoredNot MonitoredTier 4 (B)**Beach Length (Mi)
BAD RIVER BAND15150065.21
GRAND PORTAGE1818002.42
MAKAH1356214.71
SWINOMISH TRIBE66001.56
   


*BEACH Act Beaches include “Program Beaches” part (A) and “non-program beaches” part (B).

**CWA SEC. 406 ”(g) LIST OF WATERS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of publication of performance criteria under subsection (a), based on information made available to the Administrator, the Administrator shall identify, and maintain a list of, discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public that— ‘‘(A) specifies any waters described in this paragraph that are subject to a monitoring and notification program consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a); and ‘‘(B) specifies any waters described in this paragraph for which there is no monitoring and notification program (including waters for which fiscal constraints will prevent the State or the Administrator from performing monitoring and notification consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a)).