Red Tide Current Status
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Today, the temperature in the ocean is about 85 degrees, so we're kind of getting up to that point where these cells are stressed, so hopefully this is the beginning of the end. Many businesses are cutting hours and staff, just struggling to stay afloat. For healthy people, effects from the algae can dissipate as soon as they leave the beach.
Brevetoxins, chemicals produced by Florida red tide, may also irritate pre-existing respiratory conditions including asthma. They have also reported eye irritation from the sea foam.
Red Tide Current Status - Solorzano is worried for his fellow business owners.
Protect yourself and family against Florida Red Tide exposure. Please read signage when you go to area beaches. Not all beaches are affected. Conditions can change daily. It is important to realize that many people still enjoy the beaches during red tides. Respiratory irritation and dead fish are not always present. People may experience respiratory irritation coughing, sneezing, and tearing when the red tide organism is present along a coast and winds blow its aerosol onshore. Red Tide Updates Fish and Wildlife and Mote Marine have come together to create a Facebook page. Please visit the for updates on the status of red tide in Florida. The latest red tide status reports from the FWC are also available by phone. Call 866-300-9399 at any time from anywhere in Florida to hear a recording about red tide conditions throughout the state. Callers outside of Florida can dial 727-552-2448. Standard calling charges apply. For daily red tide beach updates visit.
FWC spokesperson Kelly Richmond said blooming season typically starts in the late summer or early fall, but an end to the season can't be predicted. For more information about water conditions on Sarasota County beaches, please click on this. If levels are above or below the range, cells can become stressed. Fish kill reports were received for multiple locations in Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, and Collier counties. There are reports out of Sarasota that county workers in the courthouse are being offered masks to wear at work to try and cope with the stench and the irritations that come from being exposed to all of this. In addition, we siesta key beach red tide monitoring the status of canals. The next complete red tide status report will be posted on Friday, November 9th. While Sarasota County has not seen much fish kill on the beaches during the last few weeks thanks to favorable weather conditions, samples drawn by the Florida Department of Health continue to show varying concentrations of red tide algal bloom in the waters just off the coast. Aerosols from the toxin can travel up to a mile from the shore. Sarasota County officials plan to conduct further testing Saturday to determine whether the no swim advisory can be lifted at other beaches in the area.
