November 23rd, 2007
3 Red Tide Blooms in Florida
Currently there are 3 Florida Red Tide Blooms occurring throughout Florida:
In the northwest, centered around Pensacola, drifting to the east.
In the northeast, centered around Smyrna Beach / Daytona Beach.
This one is a very intense red tide bloom.
In the Southwest, a small pop-up red tide in the northwest of Charlotte Harbor.
This red tide bloom may just dissipate on it’s own.
Read the Red Tide Report for more Info. Read through the category “Florida Red Tide Report” for a chronological look at previous red tide reports.
December 10th, 2007 at 4:07 am
we experienced symptoms of red tide in vero beach, fl while we were there december 7-9
December 12th, 2007 at 12:24 am
Thanks for the report P. Brickler!
December 12th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Both my husband, myself and our 4 small dogs experienced coughing and wheezing at Central Beach in Ver Beach on 12/10/07 @3pm. When we left the dogs stopped coughing as did we also. P. Moore
December 12th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
We are currently staying on New Smyrna beach and experienced the nagging cough, yesterday…Am hoping for a wind shift today as i would like to enjoy the beach…when we went inland, the symptoms subsided.
December 14th, 2007 at 12:17 am
The air was absolutely horrible on AIA at Indian Harbor Beach today. Just 20 seconds outside the car, and the coughing became immediate and intense.
Does anyone know how long this is supposed to last??
December 15th, 2007 at 2:42 am
No one really knows for sure how long it’s going to last. The conditions aren’t very favorable for an red tide bloom right now, yet there it is.
My quess is that it’ll ne gone in a month or less, but keep popping back up. A dry spell will also help.
Have ya’ll been getting a lot of rain over there recently?
December 16th, 2007 at 1:59 am
It’s pretty strong this weekend in Cocoa Beach. We had some rain this afternoon and it seemed to make things worse. Can hardly stop coughing if outdoors. Also very humid. Wonder if that makes it worse.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
yes dan wolf called me at 11 am today, and left a number for me to call. i could not make him out on the phone number to call him back.
i emailed on how i saw dead fish and birds on cocoa beach on dec. 8th through the 15th.
please have him call me on my cell phone phone # removed by editor - texxs
January 18th, 2008 at 3:26 am
My mother, who lives in New Smyrna Beach, just told me that a surfer died on the east coast after swallowing red tide water. Why is there no info about this anywhere on the web?
January 18th, 2008 at 3:26 am
My mother just told me that a surfer died on the east coast of Florida (Volusia County) after swallowing red tide water. Why is there no information on the web about this?
January 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
This is the first I’ve heard of this.
I did find what I thought was the story, but alas it was from last year:
http://www.wftv.com/news/14079185/detail.html
You got anymore specific info we can use to try and track this down?