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Released last week, the 26th annual Beach Report Card comes with some surprises and some honest expectations in their top 10 “Beach Bummers” list. “Heal the Bay analysts assigned A-to-F letter grades to 456 beaches along the California coast for three reporting periods in 2015-2016, based on levels of weekly bacterial pollution,” the report determined . “Some 95% of beaches received A or B grades during the high-traffic summer season (April-October 2015), slightly above the statewide five-year average.”Drumroll please… The winners (or losers) for dirtiest beach in California are:, west of the wharf (Santa Cruz County), near Strawberry Creek (Humboldt County)at Shelter Island (San Diego County), north at Salt Creek (Orange County)(Los Angeles County)(Los Angeles County)(Los Angeles County)(San Francisco County), end of West Point Ave. (San Mateo County), 40 feet south (San Luis Obispo County)Up and down the coast, it appears no single region is safe from putrid, sewage-ridden waters. From Humboldt to San Diego, the list spares no casualties. The worst of the worst is Cowell’s – or the inside of Santa Cruz’s famed Steamer Lane – which has earned that unwelcoming honor three years in a row. And another notable surf spot is Salt Creek, with the northern end of Monarch Beach and its thumping Gravels beachbreak clocking in at number four.But that being said, most of these lurid lineups lie near a harbor or a source of runoff. And other beaches very near the ones mentioned are also very clean. For proof, see Heal the Bay’s Honor Roll list here And for the most part, the Golden State scored very high when it came to clean water. Despite being an El Niño season, Heal the Bay attributes low rainfall and runoff numbers to this widespread high water quality. And heading into the summer dry season, this trait should continue. At least there’s one positive upshot for a statewide drought.