Red Tide Status Update: 8/25/23

Over the past week, red tide was detected at background concentrations in one Northwest Florida sample collected offshore. 

• In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis  was not observed.
• In Northwest Florida over the past week,K. brevis  was observed at background concentrations in one sample collected offshore of Levy County.
• Along Florida’s East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not observed.

No fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were reported this week (please see https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/health/fish-kills-hotline).

Respiratory irritation was not reported in Florida over the past week. For recent and current information at individual beaches, please visit https://visitbeaches.org/ and for forecasts that use FWC and partner data, please visit https://habforecast.gcoos.org/.

Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides for Pinellas to northern Monroe counties predict western/northwestern movement of surface waters in most areas and minimal net transport of subsurface waters over the next 3.5 days.

The next status report will be issued on Friday, September 1^st. Please check our daily sampling map, which can be accessed via the online status report on our Red Tide Current Status page.

This information, including maps and reports with additional details, is also available on the FWRI Red Tide website. The website also provides links to additional information related to the topic of Florida red tide including satellite imagery, experimental red tide forecasts, shellfish harvesting areas, the FWC Fish Kill Hotline, the Florida Poison Information Center (to report human health effects related to exposure to red tide), and other wildlife related hotlines.

To learn more about various organisms that have been known to cause algal blooms in Florida waters, see the FWRI Red Tide Flickr page. Archived status maps can also be found on Flickr.       

The FWRI HAB group in conjunction with Mote Marine Laboratory now have a facebook page.  Please like our page and learn interesting facts concerning red tide and other harmful algal blooms in Florida.