The Florida Department of State Health Department at Indian River County has issued a warning for swimmers to stay out of the water near the Sebastian Inlet and other beaches in Vero Beach.

Last Friday, health officials reported higher than normal levels of enteric bacteria found in the Indian River Lagoon near Coconut Point at the Sebastian Inlet State Park.

Today, health officials are also warning swimmers to stay out of the water at South Beach, Humiston Beach and Sexton Plaza Beach in Vero Beach.

A large plume of dirty water was seen over the weekend near the Sebastian Inlet.

It’s typical to see water like this near the Sebastian Inlet following a Hurricane or tropical storm.

However, we have been hit with a lot of heavy rain recently, which could be runoff from the mainland.

Sebastian Daily is monitoring the situation and will be at the beaches today. We will follow up with more information.

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About Andy Hodges

Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland. When he was age 9, his parents moved to Jupiter, Florida. Andy spent several years at various radio & television stations in Florida such as WLIZ, WFLX-FOX 29, WIRK, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and WJNO to name a few. In 1994, Andy made a career change to computer programming and worked for several technology companies (two are Fortune 500) in Atlanta, Georgia. However, Andy returned to Florida and settled in the small town of Sebastian in 2002. In 2005, he returned to the broadcasting news sector and eventually joined our news team in 2016 as editor in chief. Andy's family has lived in Sebastian for more than 45 years.