Red Tide Advisory Lifted At All Sarasota County Beaches: FL DOH

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — The red tide health advisory in effect at all 16 Sarasota County beaches for the past several months was lifted Thursday, according to a Florida Department of Health news release.

The health advisory was put in place Dec. 28.

Over the past week, Karenia brevis, the single-celled organism that causes red tide, was seen in “very low concentrations” throughout the county, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Wednesday in its mid-week red tide update.

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North of Sarasota County, red tide was found in “background to medium concentrations” in and offshore of Pinellas County and in Mantee County, the agency said.

South of Sarasota, the harmful agal bloom was found in “very low concentrations” in Charlotte County, “background to low concentrations” in Lee County, and “background to very low concentrations” in and offshore of Collier County.

The FWC’s daily sampling map and other information can be found at the agency’s Red Tide Current Status page.