today? >> no way. i don't understand why people are in it. look goods. looks pretty, but, no. >> reporter: depends who you talk with. >> i would go in the water. >> reporter: lanza believes the water is safe unless you see tar balls, feel sheen on the water on feel oily. they're not banning this in the epa gives them guidance. >> until we get epa on the levels of the petrol chemicals in the water we don't suggest people go in specifically for that, we can't do anything. >> there is nothing i'm going to be able in a chemical lab you can't learn from a bathing purpose by looking at it and smelling it. >> reporter: it looked pretty good to this family vacationing from oklahoma. they played in the surf. they hadn't seen the, "avoid the