Florida’s beaches are vital to maintaining the health of Florida’s economy and environment. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are currently monitoring a large Sargassum bloom and are communicating regularly via routine coordination calls to plan and share current status updates, forecasts, impacts, and trends related to Sargassum in Florida waters.
The sargassum (seaweed) is at an average rate for this time of year. Click the links below for additonal information.
https://cwcgom.aoml.noaa.gov/SIR/
https://myfwc.com/research/about/ear/sargassum/