Golden Beach residents can get back in the water.

The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County lifted water quality advisories for Golden Beach, Bark Beach at 79th Street and North Shore Ocean Terrace at 73rd Street in Miami Beach on Tuesday, July 14, declaring all three locations safe for swimming and other water-related activities. The department confirmed that follow-up testing showed bacteria levels had returned below state-established thresholds, according to WSVN, which reported the lift.

The advisory had been in effect since Friday, July 10, when routine sampling detected above-average bacteria levels at the three beaches. The health department urged the public to avoid all water contact at those locations, citing an increased risk of illness for swimmers.

The ban lasted four days in mid-July, covering a stretch of the barrier-island town's roughly 960 residents who use the private oceanfront beach. Golden Beach, bordered to the south by Sunny Isles Beach and to the west by Aventura, prohibits commercial development under its town charter, meaning the advisory's direct impact fell on homeowners and their guests rather than hotels or public beachgoers.

The department did not identify the source of the elevated bacteria in either its original advisory or the all-clear announcement. The FDOH monitors Miami-Dade beaches through regular sampling for enterococcus, a fecal indicator bacterium, and posts results publicly. Advisories remain in effect until retesting confirms acceptable levels.

This marks the second time in 2026 that the department has issued and subsequently lifted a water quality advisory for a Miami-Dade beach. A similar advisory cycle occurred in January, according to FDOH records.

Residents and beachgoers at neighboring Sunny Isles Beach and Aventura-area beaches can monitor current water quality conditions at FloridaHealth.gov/HealthyBeaches.