We're having another plankton bloom here. FOr the last 2 weeks I've been saying the water tastes like red tide and getting wierd looks-well now its here. I don't like swimming in it-it makes my eyes and throat burn. Also I once got tangled in a large bat ray I didn't see in all the murk. I will proabably keep swimming in it anyway (beats the pool). Does anyone have tips for the burning eyes and throat?
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SO here everyone seems to say no to siwmming in red tide. Out on the beahces swimmers keep saying "no problem, I've done it for years" maybe the swims adled their judgement! The red tide has cleared in my part of So Cal but we hear its headed back...
I also have disocvered theres more than 1 type of red tide organism, the ones in Florida seem to be more toxic than ours. In a few weeks I'm headed to the NE to see the red tide there! I see the departments of tourism are insisting its safe to siwm in their water. Any one out there siwming in it want to report?
A small sea lion or seal (I didn't stop to look carefully although it was only a few feet away) recently tried to climb onto my swim partner. The lifeguards thought it was a mating attempt but it amy have been a red tide issue too. I thought it mistook him (in yellow shirt, hat and fins) for a buoy!
SO here everyone seems to say no to siwmming in red tide. Out on the beahces swimmers keep saying "no problem, I've done it for years" maybe the swims adled their judgement! The red tide has cleared in my part of So Cal but we hear its headed back...
I also have disocvered theres more than 1 type of red tide organism, the ones in Florida seem to be more toxic than ours. In a few weeks I'm headed to the NE to see the red tide there! I see the departments of tourism are insisting its safe to siwm in their water. Any one out there siwming in it want to report?
A small sea lion or seal (I didn't stop to look carefully although it was only a few feet away) recently tried to climb onto my swim partner. The lifeguards thought it was a mating attempt but it amy have been a red tide issue too. I thought it mistook him (in yellow shirt, hat and fins) for a buoy!
