Midweek Red Tide Report, 9-17-14: No Red Tide
Sanibel & Captiva, 9-17-14: No Red Tide
At this time, there are no red tide conditions anywhere near Sanibel & Captiva Islands.
Here are the current red tide conditions from today’s 9-17-14 midweek Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission red tide report.
“A bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, is ongoing in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Recent satellite images from the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida show an offshore surface bloom extending between Taylor and Pinellas counties, approximately 5 to 35 miles offshore between southern Taylor and northern Levy counties and 10 to 20 miles offshore southern Levy to Pinellas counties.
No red tide has been detected so far this week alongshore or offshore of Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, or Monroe counties.”
A full status report will be provided this Friday, September 19, 2014.
For more information, please see the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Site.
