FGCU researchers completed a red tide mission Thursday, where they studied the blooms in the Gulf off Southwest Florida’s coast.
Visitors on some beaches told us they felt the impacts of red tide. We spoke to a man who walks along the beach at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park in North Naples every morning, and he said it seems to be worse during that time of day.
Researchers had some good news: They did not see too many signs of red tide while out on the water.
“We were doing a bunch of different sampling trying to detect red tide to see when it’s coming looking at water quality and improving new techniques that can improve our detection,” said Adam Catasus, a FGCU research and education coordinator.