Sanibel Red Tide Report – No Red Tide
Sanibel Red Tide Status, November 21, 2014.
All is well. No red tide issues at all for Sanibel & Captiva Islands this week.
The red tide bloom has drifted significantly south/southeast towards Naples and is now well away from Sanibel & Captiva Islands.
Here’s today’s FWC update.
Sanibel, Statewide Red Tide Map, 11-21-14.
Red Tide Status (November 21, 2014)
“A bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists in southwest Florida. Satellite images from early this week produced by the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at the University of South Florida show patches that extend approximately 50 miles alongshore and up to 35 miles offshore, depending on location, between Collier and Monroe counties. More recent satellite images are not available due to cloud cover.
Karenia brevis concentrations range from background to medium alongshore and offshore of Lee and Collier counties. In several samples collected in the Pine Island Sound system (Lee and Charlotte counties), background concentrations have been detected. Fish kills and respiratory irritation were reported on 11/15 and 11/16 alongshore of Marco Island (Collier County).
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 little net movement of bloom waters over the next 3 days.”
For more information, please see FWC.
