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UPDATE: Check out how these beaches fared — are they closed or clean? — as a second round of results are released today

A total of 19 beaches were under an advisory Tuesday for elevated bacteria counts, all of them in Ocean and Monmouth counties.

A sample taken from the beach near Angelsea Avenue in Ocean Gate was more than 10 times the safe swimming standard.

The full list is below.

EARLIER: There's nothing like splashing in the water on a hot summer day — except when microscopic bacteria lurking in the water makes you sick.

So, every Tuesday afternoon the Asbury Park Press will report to you about bacteria testing performed on water near the Jersey Shore's public swimming beaches.

The state Department of Environmental Protection is looking for enterococcus, a bacteria that is considered a warning sign of dangerous pathogens. The standard for safe swimming is less than 104 colony forming units per 100 milliliters of water.

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Swallowing any contaminated water could result in cramps and diarrhea from gastrointestinal illnesses, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Watch the video above for a run down of state testing procedures.

Here are the beaches that exceeded safe levels (104 cfu) of enterococcus on Monday and are under an advisory Tuesday, according to njbeaches.org.

Sea Bright, Rumson Road, 230 cfu

Sea Bright, public beach, 290 cfu

Monmouth Beach, pavilion beach, 120 cfu

Long Branch, Laird Street, 130 cfu

Long Branch, North Bath Avenue, 230 cfu

Deal, Phillips Avenue, 130 cfu

Deal, Deal Casino, 430 cfu

Brick, Windward Beach, 160 cfu

Manasquan, East Main Street, 130 cfu

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Manasquan, Riverside Drive (inlet surfing beach), 250 cfu

Toms River, Shelter Cove beach, 380 cfu

Lavallette, Brooklyn Avenue (bayside), 200 cfu

Seaside Heights, Hancock Avenue (bayside), 120 cfu

Beachwood, west beach, 700 cfu

Pine Beach, Avon Road, 740 cfu

Pine Beach, east beach, 120 cfu

Island Heights, Summit Avenue, 320 cfu

Ocean Gate, Wildwood Avenue, 620 cfu

Ocean Gate, Anglesea Avenue, 1,060 cfu

LAST WEEK'S REPORT: 10 beaches under advisory, Sandy Hook closed

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