SCCF provides update on today’s red tide respiratory irritation
By SCCF - | Jan 6, 2021
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Marine Lab is continuing to monitor a red tide bloom to the south of Sanibel, officials reported today. Part of that monitoring includes providing counts of Karenia brevis, the dinoflagellate that blooms into red tide, from water samples collected at beaches on Sanibel.
The counts are uploaded to a Red Tide Respiratory Forecast tool that the public can visit online to plan their beach time along the coast. Today’s forecast is low to very low respiratory irritation based on current wind forecasts produced by the National Weather Service that are combined with K. brevis cell counts.