Large persistent "red tide" algae bloom in the Bay

[Klatzy]

So far (at least haven't found any news of it) no major fish die-offs. But may want to not swim or eat fish/shellfish from the Bay for a while. Probably was not the best day to go windsurfing yesterday.

Red Tide Is Mostly Gone. Caution Still Advised - San Francisco Baykeeper

The Bay’s unprecedented “red tide” algal bloom has almost completely gone away. SF Baykeeper continues to advise caution against contacting murky, discolored waters and encourages reports of these conditions to its Pollution Hotline. Low dissolved oxygen conditions and fish kills that followed...

baykeeper.org

 

[H2OPlayar]

Did they try chemiclean yet? How about gfo?

 

[Klatzy]

I'm hoping I don't transfer some to my tank. Took a shower afterwards but you never know.

 

[kinetic]

I've been in the bay every weekend kayaking since this was found, and it's really unsettling. At first I thought it was just my eyes, but then I read the articles. It looks like coffee, but doesn't smell or anything. I was dumb and my dog was with me, swimming and diving off the kayak for fun. She's fine though. The algae isn't "harmful" to humans/dogs at least.

 

[Thales]

Its been going on for over a month. At least we started seeing it around the estuary in alameda then. We have been out in the water (not where there is goo, just discolored water), and there have been no reports of people getting sick. It seems better in the last few days here. There were some dead fish on the beach by Foster city last week, but that is all I have heard of.

 

[Srt4eric]

A friend of mine posted pics of a dead sturgeon and a couple stripers on the shore near oakland

 

[Angry Andy]

I went into Chevy's in Emeryville today, ended up walking out because nobody was working; but before I parked, I noticed the bay water was super red brown. Never seen it quite that ugly before

 

[Chromis]

So far (at least haven't found any news of it) no major fish die-offs. But may want to not swim or eat fish/shellfish from the Bay for a while. Probably was not the best day to go windsurfing yesterday.

Red Tide Is Mostly Gone. Caution Still Advised - San Francisco Baykeeper

The Bay’s unprecedented “red tide” algal bloom has almost completely gone away. SF Baykeeper continues to advise caution against contacting murky, discolored waters and encourages reports of these conditions to its Pollution Hotline. Low dissolved oxygen conditions and fish kills that followed...

baykeeper.org

We’ll seems like there’s been a dead seal on the beach every time we go.

 

[Bolicks]

Saw a big dead sturgeon on the berkeley marina too...

 

[Klatzy]

Yep in the news now https://baykeeper.org/news/bk/algae-bloom-san-francisco-bay-kills-fish-threatens-swimmers

 

[Klatzy]

Dang this is pretty sad

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