HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM FORECASTS
Southwest Florida Satellite Imagery
Composite 8-days of satellite imagery up to 01-21-2025 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.
Water samples from 01-14-2025 to 01-21-2025 detected red tide (caused by Karenia brevis) along the coast at levels that pose a respiratory irritation risk in CHARLOTTE, LEE, MANATEE and PINELLAS counties.
Water samples from 01-14-2025 to 01-21-2025 detected red tide (caused by Karenia brevis) along the coast at levels that pose a respiratory irritation risk in CHARLOTTE, LEE, MANATEE and PINELLAS 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.