Florida coast decision tool
Florida Red Tide Live
What do recent FWC samples actually show near the beach you are considering? This tool uses the latest eight-day sampling feed and keeps a crucial distinction intact: no nearby sample is not the same thing as no red tide.
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Check a Florida beach or coastal town
Choose a coastal location
We will look for FWC samples within 25 miles and show the nearest evidence.
FWC's most recent eight days.
Context only. Florida is too large for one statewide beach verdict.
Nearest evidence
What was actually sampled?
Distance matters because a result miles away is not your beach. Date matters because this is an evolving coastal event. The list stays factual instead of turning sparse sampling into certainty.
How to read this
Background / not present means the recent sample did not show elevated Karenia brevis at that sampling point. Very low, low, medium and high are FWC's categorical abundance bands. This tool never converts missing sampling into “clear.”
Primary source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Harmful Algal Bloom database. The public layer represents the most recent eight days and is exported daily. For health guidance and beach-specific reports, use state and local public-health sources.