Is the lake safe?

California

Toxic algae in San Bernardino County lakes

31 lakes and waterways in San Bernardino County have harmful algal bloom reports in California's official data. The most recent entry is for Santa Ana River: There are no bloom reports for Santa Ana River in the last 30 days of California's data. The most recent was an algal mat general awareness sign on 15 September 2026 at Downstream from CA-38 Bridge. Big Bear Lake, Lake Gregory and Horseshoe Lake and 5 more have had blooms in three or more years.

Other waterbodies with a report

These have one or two reports in a single year, which isn't enough history for a page of their own yet.

Source: California State Water Resources Control Board, official data, checked 24 October 2026. For today's conditions see the California HABs Portal map. No report doesn't mean a lake is safe: most water is only tested occasionally.