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Southwest Florida Satellite Imagery
Composite 8-days of satellite imagery up to 03-30-2023
Water samples from 03-23-2023 to 03-30-2023 detected Karenia brevis, red tide, along the coast at levels that pose a respiratory irritation risk in CHARLOTTE, COLLIER, LEE, MANATEE, PINELLAS and SARASOTA counties.
showing location of algae bloom which may include algae besides K. brevis. Overlaid cell count data provided by several contributors.
The past few days of imagery can be seen at the HAB monitoring site.
The default base layer in the map below displays an 8-day composite of Chlorophyll Fluorescence products up to 03-30-2023 showing location of algae bloom which may include algae besides Karenia brevis. Another layer may be toggled on to show a Chla anomaly product (03-29-2023) that highlights increased chlorophyll (new blooms) over the past two months.Water samples from 03-23-2023 to 03-30-2023 detected Karenia brevis, red tide, along the coast at levels that pose a respiratory irritation risk in CHARLOTTE, COLLIER, LEE, MANATEE, PINELLAS and SARASOTA counties.
The images were derived from Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite data from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and were processed by NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Cell count data were provided by several contributors.
See more information about our bloom monitoring imagery.