Baja California, MEXICO: Playas De Tijuana MEX
Tested by San Diego County, usually every 7 days.
Taken 31 days ago. Results can take 1 to 3 weeks to be published, and many sites are tested less often in winter.
Every bacteria in this test: Fecal coliform 600 · Total coliform 4,400 · Enterococcus 440. The grade follows the worst one against its own limit.
Grade A over 5 tests from Sep 15, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026. 1 was over the limit.
No recent test
The last test here was 31 days ago, too long ago to say anything about the water today. Some sites are tested only in summer. Stay out for 72 hours after any rain of 0.2 in or more, and check the county's status before going in.
Likely sewage from the Tijuana River
Sewage-tainted water from the Tijuana River reaches this shore, and San Diego County keeps beaches here closed when it does.
Enterococcus over time
- Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026Fecal coliform 600 · Total coliform 4,400 · Enterococcus 4401.20 in of rain in the 3 days before
- Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026Fecal coliform 8 · Total coliform 24 · Enterococcus 6
- Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026Fecal coliform 2 · Total coliform under 20 · Enterococcus 34
- Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026Fecal coliform under 2 · Total coliform under 20 · Enterococcus 4
- Tuesday, Sep 15, 2026Fecal coliform under 2 · Total coliform under 200 · Enterococcus 6
- Tuesday, Sep 8, 2026Fecal coliform 10 · Total coliform 80 · Enterococcus 4
- Tuesday, Sep 1, 2026Fecal coliform 4 · Total coliform 40 · Enterococcus under 2
- Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026Fecal coliform 18 · Total coliform 320 · Enterococcus 34
- Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026Fecal coliform under 2 · Total coliform under 20 · Enterococcus under 2
- Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026Fecal coliform 4 · Total coliform under 20 · Enterococcus 8
Enterococcus and coliform bacteria live in the guts of people and animals. Health departments test for them because they travel with sewage, runoff and animal waste, so a high count is a warning that germs that do make people sick are likely in the water too. Clear water can still be contaminated: bacteria and viruses are too small to see.
San Diego County's DNA test (ddPCR) counts bacterial DNA instead of growing the bacteria in a lab, so it returns results the same day. Its numbers run higher than the older lab tests, which is why its safe limit is 1,413 rather than 104. The two are never compared on this page.
San Diego County's health department says swimming in water under an advisory can cause stomach illness, such as diarrhea and vomiting, and skin and ear infections. The EPA's national swimming guidelines are set at a level where about 32 to 36 of every 1,000 swimmers would get a stomach illness. A study of San Diego surfers found about 12 extra stomach-illness cases per 1,000 in wet weather, highest during rain and the day after, and back near normal 3 days later.
The grade is Nautical Nick's, built on the official limits: A is a quarter of the limit or less, B half or less, C under the limit, D over it, and F more than 10 times over. When a county posts an advisory or closes a beach, its sign is the final word.
Sources: California State Water Board beach test results; San Diego County Department of Environmental Health sample reports; Surfrider Foundation Blue Water Task Force; National Weather Service daily rain totals via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (San Diego/Montgomery Fld, San Diego/Lindberg, San Diego/Brown). Limits: California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 7958.