We biked, we kayaked, we strolled the beach. We searched for shells, peeled shrimp and consumed copious amounts of ice cream.

A red tide bloom has lingered along the coast since late last summer, conditions vary from natural levels to 1 million cells per liter and higher.

"We also saw along a good portion the length of the beach, where beach was scoured, sort of with these short parallel depressions up into the dunes,” said Holly Milbrandt.

Red tide is blooming in Southwest Florida once again. Here's a few places to swim around Lee County that aren't the beach.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported on Feb. 12 that the red tide bloom off of Sanibel and Captiva may ...

Chelle Koster Walton, Contributor, Travel Among the first two public beach accesses to reopen in February 2023 during hurricane recovery, Blind Pass Beach spans across both Sanibel and Captiva ...

On Feb. 12, the Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) issued a health alert for the presence of red tide near ...

The Sanibel Lighthouse has been in service since 1884 to light the entrance into San Carlos Bay. Now, this iconic Sanibel Island landmark ... Sanibel's most developed beach. It's popular with ...

City of Sanibel Public Works Department crews have been working hard to repair the island's beaches after two hurricanes in the span of 13 days in 2024. This crew is working on Blind Pass Beach ...

Department of Health in Lee County has released another red tide advisory, this time for Tarpon Bay Road beach ... crews are going along the beach parks," said Sanibel spokesman Eric Jackson ...