Coastal Water in Florida

Coast Guard, South Florida and Palm Beach County

Mysterious Tar Balls Shut Down Florida Beaches As Coast Guard Launches Investigation

Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard. Fort Lauderdale’s shoreline was among the most impacted, after the strange oil slicks shut down swimming.

Sun Sentinel on MSN · 3d

Tar balls on South Florida beaches have dissipated on their own, Coast Guard says

Swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach were shut down Saturday due to the pieces of oil washing ashore and oil slicks in the water, city officials confirmed. Fort Lauderdale reopened the water to swimmers about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

CBS News · 3d

Tar balls wash ashore along South Florida beaches, source unknown

LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA - Oily tar balls have been washing up along South Florida beaches, stretching from Fort Lauderdale to Lake Worth Beach in Palm Beach County, raising environmental concerns and frustrating beachgoers.

WPBF West Palm Beach on MSN · 3d

Tar balls washed up across South Florida beaches over the weekend

Over the weekend, something unusual washed up along South Florida beaches. The United States Coast Guard spent this past weekend investigating reports of tar balls from Lake Worth Beach to Boynton Beach and as far south as Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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Red tide is blooming on the Florida Gulf coast, but is Sarasota affected? What to know.

Red tide is causing fish kills and respiratory irritation at some Florida beaches, but are Sarasota and Manatee area beaches ...

Southern Living14h

This Florida 'Hidden Gem' Is Perfect For Senior Travelers

Approximately 25 miles south of friendly St. Augustine lies Palm Coast, an overlooked Florida city that was recently deemed ...

Lawmaker files 70-page bill to align Florida statutes with Trump's Gulf renaming order

Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, filed the 70-page bill (SB 608) for consideration during the legislative session ...

Massive 1,600-pound great white shark pings off Florida on Super Bowl Sunday. Here's where

A massive, 1653-pound great white shark, the biggest male tagged by OCEARCH, has repeatedly pinged off North Florida, ...

The News-Press12d

Restoring oyster reefs about safeguarding Florida’s entire coastal ecosystem | Opinion

In Florida, the collapse of oyster reefs has ... while more intense storms wash pollutants into coastal waters, further degrading oyster habitats. Red tide, a toxic algal bloom fueled by ...

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Swath of red tide forms along Southwest Florida coast from Tampa Bay to Key West

Local health departments advised people to stay away from more than a dozen beaches in Southwest Florida. Respiratory ...

WMNF1d

Red tide stretches from Tampa Bay to the Florida Keys: what is it?

A prolonged red tide in 2018 lasted over 10 months. During this period red tide was extreme, killing thousands of fish in ...

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