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Clearwater Beach Sugar Sand Festival

The sugar sand, sandcastle event is being held at Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach.  The event runs through the 24th of April.  The sandcastles are wonderfully crafted works of art.  There is even a Prince image being added in honor of his passing. Get down there, and check out all of the sugar sand artwork.

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Red Tide of April 2016

Red Tide of April 2016

Yep, red tide is back at Clearwater Beach and Honeymoon Island.  It’s been hanging around since the beginning of April.

Red tide is an organism, a phytoplankton.  The over abundance of phytoplankton is commonly known as red tide.  Its scientific name is Karenia brevis (genus, species), or K. brevis shortened.  Red tides is when there is an over-abundance of pytoplankton in the water(called an algae bloom).  The algae blooms are often during the warmer months in the Gulf of Mexico, but its timing can be somewhat unpredictable.

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