Satellite Red Tide Florida 2024. Recent water samples and satellite images show red tide blooms offshore from florida’s tampa bay area, in waters churned up by hurricanes milton and helene. Satellite imagery shows a bloom of algae extending along florida's western coastline off the pinellas coast earlier this week.

Over the past week, the red tide organism karenia brevis was detected in 49 samples collected from southwest florida. Additional details are provided below.