Where Are HABs?

 

 

 

 

 

Find current information about Florida's water quality status and public health notifications for harmful algal blooms and beach conditions by visiting Protecting Florida Together. Protecting Florida Together is the state's joint effort to provide water quality information through environmental transparency and a commitment to action.

 

 

Blue-Green Algae

 

 

 

 

 

Find more information on the location of blue green algae (cyanobacteria) by visiting the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Algal Bloom website.  To report blooms or their associated effects, contact the DEP’s Algal Bloom Reporting Hotline at 1-855-305-3903.

 

 

Red Tide

 

 

 

 

 

Find more information on the location of red tide by visiting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Red Tide Status website.  The latest red tide status report is also available by phone at 866-300-9399 for in-state callers or at 727-502-4956 for out-of-state callers.

 

 

Press Releases 

Below is the state’s repository of Health Caution, Health Alert, and Lift Alert press releases that have been issued by County Health Departments (CHDs) in response to a harful algal bloom in the affected waterbodies.

Blue-Green Algae

Criteria to issue a blue-green algae Health Caution is when DEP sampling results show that a bloom has been visually detected and/or when sampling results indicate the dominant algal species to be cyanobacteria. Criteria to issue a blue-green algae Health Alert is the presence of cyanotoxin. A blue-green algae Health Alert is lifted once toxins are not detected according to the analyses obtained from DEP-coordinated resampling of the bloom or if 30 days have elapsed since the last sampling date.

Red Tide

Criteria to issue a red tide Health Caution includes Karenia brevis cell counts between 10,000 and 100,000 cells per liter. Criteria to issue a red tide Health Alert includes Karenia brevis cell counts greater than 100,000 cells per liter. A red tide Health Alert is lifted when Karenia brevis cell counts have dropped below the 100, 000 cells per liter threshold.

Blue-Green Algae Press Releases 

Red Tide Press Releases