The Red Tide Report

Current Conditions 
The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed at background concentrations in Southwest Florida over the past week. Additional details are provided below.

• In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrationsin one sample collected offshore of Hillsborough County and in one sample collected offshore of Lee County.
• In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed.
• Along the Florida East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not observed

No fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were reported over the past week (please see https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/health/fish-kills-hotline).

Respiratory irritation was reported over the past week in Southwest Florida in Lee County.

Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides for Pinellas to northern Monroe counties predict net northwestern transport of surface waters and southeastern movement of subsurface waters in most areas over the next four days.

The next complete status report will be issued on Friday, March 15^th. Please check our daily sampling map, which can be accessed via the online status report on our Red Tide Current Statuspage.