Red Tide in Baldwin County at Perdido Pass

Description and Comments

NOAA Harmful Algae Bloom Forecast for Tuesday, December 1, 2015:

Not present to high concentrations of Karenia brevis
(commonly known as Florida red tide) are present along- and
offshore Mobile and Baldwin Counties in Alabama and
portions of northwest Florida from Escambia to Gulf
counties. K. brevis concentrations are patchy in nature and
levels of respiratory irritation will vary locally based
upon nearby bloom concentrations, ocean currents, and wind
speed and direction. The highest level of potential
respiratory irritation forecast for alongshore northwest
Florida Friday, November 27 to Monday, November 30 is
listed below:

County Region: Forecast (Duration)
Mobile County: Low (Tu-Th)
Baldwin County: Moderate (Tu-W), Very Low (Th)
Baldwin County, bay regions-Perdido Bay area: Moderate
(Tu), High (W-Th)
Escambia County: Moderate (Tu-W), Very Low (Th)
Santa Rosa County: Moderate (Tu-W), Very Low (Th)
Santa Rosa County, bay regions: Low (Tu-Th)
Okaloosa County: Moderate (Tu-W), Very Low (Th)
Okaloosa County, bay regions: Very Low (Tu-Th)
Walton County: Moderate (Tu-W), Very Low (Th)
Bay County: Moderate (Tu-W), Very Low (Th)
Bay County, bay regions: Moderate (Tu-Th)
Gulf County: Very Low (Tu, Th), Low (W)
Gulf County, west bay regions-St. Joseph Bay area: Low
(Tu), Moderate (W-Th)
All Other NWFL County Regions: None expected (Tu-Th)
SWFL County Regions: Visit
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab/#swfl

Check
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab/beach_conditions.html
for recent, local observations. Health information, from
the Florida Department of Health and other agencies, is
available at
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab/hab_health_info.html.
Reports of respiratory irritation have been received from
Okaloosa and Escambia Counties over the past several days,
with dead fish reported in Escambia County as well.

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Type of organism

Red Tide

Quantity

1

Latitude

30.32

Longitude

-87.31