Red Tide

[John McLaughlin]

I have friends heading to Destin for a wedding and they were concern about red tide. I said I had not heard of it in Destin however I said I would ask folks on the Forum. I do know it is bad over by Tampa area.

Thanks for any info you can provide

 

[zpaul]

Here is a fresh article about it

Red tide is back and killing fish on south-western Florida beaches

The destructive algae blooms can also cause respiratory irritation among humans.

www.bbc.com

 

[Brad_Ct]

It is present from Naples up to the Tampa area at this time.

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

It isn't as bad as media makes it seem. I've been out a few times in it. It is very isolated to small pockets while out.

Anyways... this gives you a baseline of expectations:

https://myfwc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=87162eec3eb846218cec711d16462a72

It is important to note the dates of when samples were recorded - this stuff moves fast... so something from a week ago is not a good sample for today.

 

[Judge]

Up at the panhandle they should be fine.

Down my way it's bad enough. We were out last week and there were dead floating 2 or 3 miles off shore. There are dead fish on the beach as well. When you hit pockets of the red tide you start coughing.

We did see a few dolphin in the area so that tells me there are are still fish in the area. Back after Irma it was bad for 18 months and you rarely saw dolphin.

 

[@JC!]

I have friends heading to Destin for a wedding and they were concern about red tide. I said I had not heard of it in Destin however I said I would ask folks on the Forum. I do know it is bad over by Tampa area.

Thanks for any info you can provide

Never seen it in Navarre/Destin but you do need to watch for jellyfish swarms rolling in sometimes.

 

[Thermobrett]

I was out in Tampa Bay Sunday, no stink or dead fish, other than the usual lol.

 

[John McLaughlin]

My thanks to all

 

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