red tide in naples

[scottfeltham]

hi dont want to put a dampner on anyone goin to naples
we were there on tues with the everglades trip with tcd,
and ther was thousands of dead fish on the beach
never seen anything like it,from minnows to 15lb fish
scott

[martyboy]

I see its moved down in the month,we have been back,

We were staying in Rotonda near port charlotte and the surrounding area had red tide,took some interesting video of the beach rangers dragging massive fish of off Engelwood beach,
We went down to fort meyer and then Naples,and everything was fine then.

Its rather devestating sight to see,and puts quite a damper on what should be a nice day on the beach.

Hope it clears up soon

[pete2005]

Siesta Key had that problem a few months back. When we went it was not that bad. But after swimming in the sea i had a bad sore throat - we were told by mote aquarium that thats the effect it has on humans.

[keswick1uk]

Yuk. What causes that?

...just looked it up. Its an algae.