Is There Red Tide in South Walton, Florida?

cwalenBeach ComberBaltimore32 postsJoined Apr 5, '16View profile MessageBeach Comber

Aug 23, '18 · 11:53 AM3,883

Hey y'all

I get the Mote red tide /beach conditions updates twice a day since visiting Anna Maria Island (outside of Bradenton) a few weeks back. They are all getting hammered as I am sure y'all are well aware. I just checked it today for Henderson Beach State Park and they have it showing some dead fish but no respiratory irritation. Can anyone confirm if this is true or if SoWal has anything that would detect red tide up there? Just curious and hoping the bad stuff doesn't make it's way up to y'all.

Thanks!

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Jimmy T

Jimmy TBeach Fanatic934 postsJoined Apr 6, '15View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Aug 23, '18 · 11:56 AM#2

Hey y'all

I get the Mote red tide /beach conditions updates twice a day since visiting Anna Maria Island (outside of Bradenton) a few weeks back. They are all getting hammered as I am sure y'all are well aware. I just checked it today for Henderson Beach State Park and they have it showing some dead fish but no respiratory irritation. Can anyone confirm if this is true or if SoWal has anything that would detect red tide up there? Just curious and hoping the bad stuff doesn't make it's way up to y'all.

Thanks!

No red tide in Walton County that I am aware of. The FWC website is a good source for information:
Red Tide - Statewide Status

cwalen

cwalenBeach ComberBaltimore32 postsJoined Apr 5, '16View profile MessageBeach ComberAuthor

Aug 23, '18 · 12:00 PM#3

Thank you. Fingers crossed!

Jimmy T

Jimmy TBeach Fanatic934 postsJoined Apr 6, '15View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Aug 23, '18 · 12:28 PM#4

Thank you. Fingers crossed!

I don't know where you got the info for Henderson. I see something on the Florida state parks website that expired in November 2015, but that's about all I can find.

justhavinfun justhavinfun avatar

justhavinfunBeach FanaticEastern Lake378 postsJoined Nov 13, '08View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Aug 23, '18 · 2:06 PM#5

Fake news... here is a map to our area from yesterday

nwmap0817.pdf

Kurt

KurtAdminSoWal2,475 postsJoined Oct 15, '04View profile MessageAdmin

Aug 23, '18 · 2:13 PM#6

I do feel we are lucky as of now considering how bad it is down south. Makes me worried about coming days.

General info and links:
https://sowal.com/red-tide-information-for-walton-county-florida

cwalen

cwalenBeach ComberBaltimore32 postsJoined Apr 5, '16View profile MessageBeach ComberAuthor

Aug 23, '18 · 2:45 PM#71

I don't know where you got the info for Henderson. I see something on the Florida state parks website that expired in November 2015, but that's about all I can find.

SOURCE: Mote Marine Lab & Aquarium - Beach Conditions Report. Scroll up to the Henderson Beach St Park marker.

Beach Conditions Reporting System

It is indicating some dead fish - not necessarily red tide but having observed the southern gulf beaches intensely during our two week vacation -- hoping it stayed south until we left (it did) -- the dead fish indicator and the respiratory irritation usually went hand in hand at least for red tide.

Maybe it's a mistake or indicative of something altogether different....

Will B

Will BModeratorAtlanta, GA4,582 postsJoined Jan 5, '06View profile MessageModerator

Aug 24, '18 · 8:34 AM#8

The Mote site isn't red tide specific. It's just a general beach condition reporting system. If there's red tide, there will be a lot of dead fish rather than "some". The other thing that is a red flag (no pun intended) is the respiratory irritation indicator. Henderson beach is none which is a good sign.