The swell was holding all morning through the outgoing tide on this early season cleanup. The bouys maintained a solid 5 foot at 7 seconds through mid-day, and into the afternoon. The swell was filling in from a west northwest direction. The swell was really fun, unusually fun for this early in the season. We may be in store for a decent season.
~Hurrincane Matthew~ Continue reading Hurricane Matthew
Red tide is engulfing the coastline after a nasty wastewater spill may have triggered an intense algal bloom. Hurricane Hermine made landfall on the northern gulf coast of Florida on September second. The repeated bouts of rain put many of the aging sewage systems into overload. Even with sewage plants purging water pre-storm, the sewage systems became overloaded. Wastewater was lost into Tampa Bay, wastewater that was quickly washed into the gulf. Wastewater can be a trigger for the naturally occurring Red Tide (K. brevis) blooms. Continue reading Wastewater Triggered Red Tide (K. brevis)
