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jrbaja
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Red Tide
I understand this is the longest running red tide ever heard of. I am curious as to how far north and south it goes. I am aware so far that it
stretches from at least Ensenada to above l.a..
Any of you coasties in either direction have any info.?
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DanO
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As of Tuesday, it was not visible from shore at La Bocana de Santo Tomas.
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Frank
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Point Loma and La Jolla in San Diego have red tide. I think its breaking up though.
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eetdrt88
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all of oarnge counties beaches..
have had red tide for weeks...it appears to be going away in the last few days....i'm wondering why it has stayed so long
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La Mision and Ensenada have Red Tide
It's been great watching the phosphorescent waves at night. Relly beautiful,quite a light show. k
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jrbaja
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That it is!
And apparently it goes as far south as Punta Banda. The funny thing is, some darn neighbors of mine are up on the street selling fresh mussels.
Don't buy any shellfish at the stop sign south of Rosarito!
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I remember yeas ago in Sop Cal it was a common event. Typically localized and short-lived. Didn't see much in the 80s-90s.
PSP or paralytic shellfish poisoning occurs from a dinoflagellate, a plankton. It is called gymnodinium catenatum and is only prevalent in a few
areas in the world. It's ability to ingest and otherwise pass along up the food chain toxins derived from an algal bloom. These plankton are ingested
by fish and shellfish and stored in potent quantities. It can then be passed to fish and humans. The spawning oy pyrodinium or gymnodinium zooplankton
require elements of temp, currents and upwelling or blooms of other alga to be correct. Wait at least two weeks after such an event ends before
consuming animals taken directly from theses waters.
We have our own closures with domoic acid (natural occuring diatoms) poisoning in the NW
see Woods Hole explanation:
[Edited on 7-9-2005 by Sharksbaja]
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WOW! must be a "hum-dinger" we have a red tide warning here also!
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Some 'Red Tides' on the Atlantic coast are caused by dust storms in Africa..go figure. No one thing makes them happen. The biblical event in Eygpt
when 'the waters ran red' could have been a red tide. Currently the worst red tide alert is on the upper Baja coast and north 800 miles. Be
cautious with eating any shallow water species of marine life, and even some respiratory problems observed in dogs and humans are associated with
breathing the air along red tide shorelines.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Keri
It's been great watching the phosphorescent waves at night. Relly beautiful,quite a light show. k |
I remenber phosphorescent waves of Point Mugu area back in the 1980?s. We had witnessed this nighttime action of flashing in the waters off the shore.
At this point, we wanted to see it more, so we took flashlights, and hiked up to the peek of Point Mugu. Looking down upon the waters of the Pacific?.
it was like watching a lightning storm. With each roll of wave out there?it produced ?lighting strike? effects. Thought we all had too many Mushrooms
that night! A sight that I?ll never forget.
Aerosols from red tides can produce respiratory ailments if you have breathing ailments!
What control freaks there are here. Don\'t believe that post you just read!
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Phosphorescences
My cousin and I took our daughters whale watching and then to Mulege fer a week. Arrived at our camp at night and noticed a lot of "glow' in the
shore break. 2" waves!
After putting the girls to bed, we paddled our surfboards out and watched the fish trails under us. Then, when we were paddling, the splash
attracted the fish. Next thing we knew, we were getting pelted by the fish attracted to the glowing splashes. Too cool!
The next night we took our daughters out to see the show. This is when we discovered that 7 and 10 year old girls do not like to get pelted with
fish!
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For great fun Brendan and I go swimming with them, (do Dolphin rolls, toss rocks while in the water, jump up and be "green glowing monsters!) Also
great fun (when it's too cold to get in the water, we just sit back in the dark and watch the Whales spout green funnels!
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contrails and follow-ups
 Last January I spent a couple weeks in Mulege.
I was enthralled with the "ker-splashes" I kept hearing from our house along the river. The splashes got so loud I had to investigate. There in the
river at high-tide were large snook leaping well into the air. The starlight so bright it illuminated their sleek bodies. As I watched I saw dozens
porpoising up and down the rio. I looked down and was startled by a swift streak of green light. Then another, and another, swooshing by with a
contrail of brilliant green phosphorescence following behind and then fading gentle away. While staring at the water I saw a little steak being chased
down by a big streak then "poof" it disappeared. Cool!
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does anyone here have some night pics of this red tide?
What control freaks there are here. Don\'t believe that post you just read!
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red tide showed up in oxnard today thick...Islands were clean yesterday, today don't know. going tommorow to the islands probably santa cruz, we shall
see...TT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
red tide showed up in oxnard today thick...Islands were clean yesterday, today don't know. going tommorow to the islands probably santa cruz, we shall
see...TT |
NO! HeyTierra....Point Mugu is Oxnard! That big ol rock out there alongside of h-1. 6 or so miles south of you. Climb up on it as we did, at night. Be
damn careful though.
What control freaks there are here. Don\'t believe that post you just read!
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Tomas Tierra
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Sorry there yankee, don't understand ... "No!" what.. Why climb the rock?? Point Mugu is definately not Oxnard..
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Anonymous
Some 'Red Tides' on the Atlantic coast are caused by dust storms in Africa..go figure. No one thing makes them happen. The biblical event in Eygpt
when 'the waters ran red' could have been a red tide. Currently the worst red tide alert is on the upper Baja coast and north 800 miles. Be
cautious with eating any shallow water species of marine life, and even some respiratory problems observed in dogs and humans are associated with
breathing the air along red tide shorelines. |
Maybe this tide was stirred up by the big number of quakes in the ocean this last 12 months, including the Indonesian ones.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
Sorry there yankee, don't understand ... "No!" what.. Why climb the rock?? Point Mugu is definately not Oxnard.. |
No! [like in "oh no way, that's great!"]. Sorry...my chosen words are a bit off the road sometimes. BTW welcome aboard!
What control freaks there are here. Don\'t believe that post you just read!
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The best guess I have heard
...on the resilience of this year's red tide along the SoCal coast is that an abundance of nutrients from this year's rains have provided conditions
for plankton to thrive (and then die) inshore for much longer than usual. This, coupled with inshore ocean temps that have been cooler than normal,
have led to this.
Certainly, it is the worst I have ever seen in these parts and it was the 1st or 2nd rainiest winter on record.
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