Sanibel Red Tide Status Map, 10-31-14.
Sanibel Red Tide Report – Small Presence Offshore, 10-31-14
Sanibel red tide impact has been negligible. So far … not a big deal with some isolated presence offshore.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope it stays that way.
Fishing guides continue to report no impact at this time.
Red Tide Status (October 31, 2014)
“A bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, has been detected in southwest Florida. Recent satellite images from the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida show that patches extend approximately 60 miles alongshore and up to 40 miles offshore, depending on location, between southern Charlotte and northern Collier counties.
Karenia brevis concentrations range from background to medium in the offshore and alongshore areas, and from background to low in the Pine Island Sound system (Lee County). Karenia brevis was also detected in background concentrations in one sample collected inshore of Pinellas County and in five samples collected in and alongshore of Sarasota County. In addition, one sample collected alongshore of Franklin County and one collected offshore of Wakulla County each contained background concentrations of K. brevis.
Other samples collected throughout Florida this week did not contain K. brevis.
Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides (CPR), a partnership between the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, project alongshore, SW movement of the bloom over the next 3 days.
For more information, please see the 10-31-14 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission red tide report.
