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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. This year, donors have helped to fund urgent monitoring of beach closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, expand our support for volunteer water quality monitoring, and create groundbreaking data sharing resources for scientists. Beach Watch knows there is no substitute for experience and we have experience. Live webcams from your favorite beach destinations in Texas. Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.