Inlet closed yesterday. I felt it in my throat and had a little cough, the walked across the street to check the surf and blammo. Is this going to be the missing variable for this Saturdays good wind and little bump? I don't think I have ever lived somewhere so finicky. Gots waves, bad wind. Gots good wind, no waves. Gots good wind and swell, too high tide. Gots swell, wind, tide...the missing variable is?????? air/waterborne irritant. Florida is a great place to raise a family and own a house.... but its a surfer purgatory.

water at NSB inlet was nasty yesterday too, woke up this AM with an bad earache and the forecast looks fun for the weekend

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I fished the inlet last night. Thought I could suck up the minor irritation but it definitely feels like I have cold-like symptoms now. I definitely underestimated it's effects on humans

without all the humor replies, does anyone know what happened to the .5% tax that was voted in with the last election that was supposed to go to cleaning up waterways?

just called Congressman Posey's office and got directed to the state level Representatives here are the people to call State Rep Debbie Mayfield 321-409-2025 Rep Thad Altman 321-409-2022 the County Commission is 321-633-2000 These are the people to call and discuss/complain about making us sick, dead fish and red tide on our beaches...

They were doing muck removal.



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A good portion of the 1st tax went to Space Coast United's split with USSSA to resurface the complex in Viera with the latest turf on the planet (to use a Pottzizm). I think the muck removal is still in the science phase being spoke to and receving alternate ways of doing it. I don't think funds have yet been allocated from wherever yet.

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Edited: 10/18/2018 at 12:31 PM by equipeola

They de-mucked the Cocoa Beach canals and several places slightly farther south.

I played on the turf a few weeks ago, that will be my one and only time.



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Edited: 10/18/2018 at 08:15 PM by Cole

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Edited: 10/19/2018 at 03:26 AM by SunriseSurfer

How were they demucking? What equipment?

Agreed DaHui, it's one of the circles of surfer hell. After almost 20 years of living here, I have finally had enough. Give me a ticket to an aeroplane...aint got time to catch a fast train.

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as long as I have a plane ticket booked for my next trip life here doesn't seem so bad our AC and roads are better here than Central America lol and our traffic is WAY better than Cali

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Karmtop, just make sure you write me a letter

Ratty Too Fatty, I'll definitely write ya from the island. You'll find it on the beach in a bottle, buried in a massive mound of Sargassum! We'll have plenty of time to share IPA's before that happens though.

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No problems experienced at NSB this am...


A few from this morning....



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Edited: 10/18/2018 at 02:33 PM by SunriseSurfer

Looks like you are wearing retirement well. Gotta love that!

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Bump^^ what's the red tide situation at your local beach? Sebastian Inlet to Ft pierce inlet is quite bad (stopped at various spots to assess) Lots of dead fish and was definitely noticeable in the air. Coughing, burning, sneezing, etc.

Mel Bch north to south, -killer-~

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Indi area report - Lunch yesterday looked very fun but No one in the water and no one on the beach, just a few cars at Paradise Beach. So bummed to get home, sun screen, rush across to empty shoulder hi lines @low tide but just could not get pass the coughing and could see the red tide in the waveface. I hear that the fish kill has hit Paradise Beach today, dead fish everywhere , so I guess it is getting worse..Remember to keep your dogs off the beach during this event! Heading North Friday to hopefully get away from it.

I stopped by Paradise yesterday (Thursday) and it was pretty bad. The only other vehicles in the parking lot were three from channel 2 news. As soon as I got out of the car, I started coughing. The smell was pretty strong and they had the red flag up on the beach. Dead fish and black garbage bags were on the beach. I assume the garbage bags were full of dead fish.



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Paradise seemed way too bad to surf today..dead fish as far as the eye can see:/. Didn't see any at O'club and one was person was surfing. People were surfing 2ndlight also. anyone been surfing north of satellite the last 2 days?

One of the biggest benefits of demucking is the increase in DO. That helps the waterbody regenerate itself.

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The muck dredging is a waste of money. They need to address all these lift stations that keep spilling raw sewage by the hundreds of thousands of gallons.

Surfed playalinda this past weekend and into the southern part of nsb and no sign of red tide in those areas.

The paper reported traces of RT in Volusia on Monday.

As far as muck removal; I didn't see exactly how they did it, I just saw the barge in the area and my neighbor on the canal said it was muck removal. The removal would help if the water was clear enough for sunlight to penetrate, but...

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Edited: 10/25/2018 at 06:18 AM by Cole

I heard Cocoa Beach was pretty clear, but the costumed candy thugs were coughing as they pillaged my Blow Pop supply last night and I'm four blocks from the ocean, so...?

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Edited: 11/01/2018 at 05:30 PM by Cole

They uses a giant vacuum type hose for the eau gallie river demucking operation.

Checked a few spots this morning in Satellite/South Patrick. Tide was super deep where I checked but breaking. Maybe when tide drops out.....

More importantly, not a hint of red tide in the air at any of the places I stopped at. Smells like dead fish but that is about it.

Edited: 10/26/2018 at 04:56 AM by miker

I think with the winds blowing west, we wouldn't notice any red tide until past the breakers. Wave action aerosolizes the toxins and wind is the action that carries the toxins. But still hoping for the best!

it is an illusion, go to the waterline and take a deep breath...it's still here and bad (Indialantic)...gonna try N. of the Cape..sucks cause the waves look real fun right out front

Edited: 10/26/2018 at 06:33 AM by SurferMic

Could be fun.... but not too far N. Still S winds in St. Aug. Good Luck

nothing here in CB

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piles of dead fish someone gathered up at perk no red tide though wind beat down waves with low tide so no bueno anyways

Looks like some spotty patches have made it up here. Beach access by my house had some NASTY orange looking water on the inside, that resembled shit we had after Irma. went 3 miles up the beach and water was fine. Hopefully these hard offshores push everyones mess out to sea

North of the Cape had No Redtide; South of the Cape had Redtide ... Fun waves in both locations...good day of surf

Surfed just north of seb inlet today. Waves were decent, a little beat down and crossed up with too much south in the west. Red tide not noticeable from the shore line.. until you were in the water. Burning nose eyes and lungs for me. Lasted 40 minutes. Was worth it to get wet after being land locked since last Tuesday.

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just a hint at dawn in indialantic in the whitewater. could smell it a touch at sunset, but not bad at all. south wind tried its best to muck it up.

Ft pierce this afternoon. Water felt great with a slight chill in th air and no RT to speak of. The waves were not all that good but it felt good to be in some clean (seemingly) water.

Coughed once in the parking lot in SatBch this evening but that was it. No problems out in the water and no dead fish on the beach.

Surfed Coconuts about an hour last night no problem. No hint of it.

There was touch of it between the inlet and OA yesterday after the wind switched.

Was told from a friend that there's an idea out there to kill the red tide with an industrial sized ozone generator. The ozone generator would kill the algae without introducing any harmful chemicals. My thoughts of this were great, but there are likely other issues which still aren't addressed. I'm not sure if water visibility has an effect on algae growth etc... as I don't understand marine ecology very well I figured I'd throw this on here and see what everyone has to say. Any thoughts?