Venice Beach visitors started the new year coughing through beach celebrations on New Year’s Eve, as red tide made an unwelcome return to the Sarasota County coastline. Reports of respiratory ...

“The red tide didn’t stay there on the beach. Fortunately for the community it moved.” In Sanibel the plan had been to deploy from barges and from the air via offshore vehicles.

Red tide that has lingered miles offshore from the Sarasota and Manatee ... Lido Casino Beach, Siesta Key Beach, Turtle Beach, Nokomis Beach, North Jetty Beach, Venice Beach, Service Club ...

A file photo taken at Coquina Beach on Feb. 17. Recent red tide has largely cleared up near beaches in Sarasota and Manatee counties, making for an ideal weekend to hit the beach this weekend ...

Red tide doesn’t offer the beach day most people picture, but experts say it could once again be coming our way. ... from Clearwater to Venice, and it could impact Southwest Florida.

Conditions that could cause respiratory irritation could be present at local beaches affected by red tide, but winds blowing away from shore at around 9 a.m. made for mild conditions at Lido Beach.

A health alert has been issued for multiple beaches in Sarasota County after low to medium levels of red tide were detected in them, the Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County said.

Meanwhile, at Lido Beach on Tuesday, visitors took note of the red tide. Sue Reahm said it was prevalent on a long walk she took. "It smelled kind of fishy and the air caught in my throat and made ...

The most recent water samples, collected on Feb. 10, showed medium levels of red tide at Blind Pass Beach in south Sarasota County and Boca Grande Pass in Lee County near the Charlotte County line.