“Welcome. For the second year, the Surfrider Foundation is

publishing this State of the Beach report. Why? Because

inside you’ll find the disturbing truth about the current health

of our beaches. And it ain’t pretty.

This report assesses the state of America’s beaches by summarizing each

coastal state’s availability of information and status in these areas: General beach description,

Website access,

Beach access,

Surf zone water quality,

Shoreline structures,

Beach erosion,

Beach nourishment,

Surfing areas.”

And here is the full text and tables of The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)’s annual survey of water-quality monitoring and

public notification programs at U.S. beaches. The survey, published in August 2000, is

based on information reported for 1999; contains beach-specific information in online maps.