Red Tide Is Rising At These Pinellas County Beaches
Red tide is rising at these Pinellas county beaches. This is not good news as we are in Spring Break mode. Lots of visitors are coming to our area right now and enjoying this awesome weather and the sand and beach.
However, if you head out to some of our beaches, you are finding red tide. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is keeping a close eye on red tide that is popping up along the Gulf Coast. They have detected Red tide from Pinellas County all the way down to Monroe County over the last week.
It’s normal to see red tide this time of year, even though it’s early in the calendar year. The season typically starts in late summer, but can carry over into winter. Beachgoers are experiencing hard time breathing, coughing, scratchy throat and headaches. The smell is
Red Tide Is Bad For Health
The main concern with red tide are how it affects people’s health and wildlife. Even low to medium concentrations of red tide can cause respiratory irritation and dead fish. There have been reports of dead fish in areas along our beaches.
It’s a good idea to be mindful of the fact that there might be red tide around. If you aren’t feeling well, you should go inside the air conditioning as the A/C units are good at filtering out some of the toxins associated with red tide.
What Beaches Have Red Tide
To find out which beaches have red tide you can click this link
Also, signs will be posted at beaches indicating that red tide levels are higher then normal.
VisitStPeteClearwater.com reported high levels of red tide at Pass-a-Grille Beach. Medium levels of red tide were detected at St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island beaches, Redington Shores and Indian Rocks Beach.
Low levels were detected at Madeira Beach and Fort De Soto Park‘s Gulf fishing pier.
Very low levels were found at Redington Beach and Clearwater Beach. At the last report, Sand Key Park, Belleair Beach and beaches north of Clearwater did not have measurable levels of red tide. In addition, Tampa Bay and Old Tampa Bay were clear of red tide.
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