Beach for a week in Florida?

Longboat Key, north of Sarasota, south of Tampa

J. Foley Travel Agency has good rentals but their cancellation policies are suspect.

Oh golly you got me. Howard Franklin bridge in Tampa down past the Skyway and all the way to Port Charlotte is covered in red tide.

The Skyway is technically in Tampa Bay. What other pointers you have for the OP, Ace? Other than a polluted arse vaction spot.

I've heard the red tide isn't in the Madeira/Redington/Indian Rocks area.

I thought red tide was usually gone in a week or two. But months now? That sounds fishy....

I live in Madeira Beach. Johns Pass is full of dead fish. City of St Pete also released over a million gallons of untreated sewage into Boca Ciega Bay and it's been bad for over a month now.

Redington Beach, Madeira Beach, Treasure Island, St Pete beach all are having issues because of the dump.

The red tide algae won't stop until the water cools significantly and the sewer dumps (nitrates) stop feeding the blooms. It's just a big fricking mess and thought you should know.

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Looking to rent a house/condo right on the water for only 2 adults, no kids. Not really looking for much night life, just a quiet beach with a couple decent restaurants nearby.

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Whenever I need a quiet break me and a friend head over to Lido Key by Sarasota. Beaches are nice, St. Armand's circle has plenty of restaurants, bars and shopping and the crowd is more adult oriented. Never had a bad meal in that area of Sarasota and always feel relaxed after going there

I fish the beach beside and north of long pier pretty often. I don't fish on the pier but that's a whole different thread altogether. North of the pier was actually one of the spots that seemed pretty decent last weekend, outside of the dead fish smell. I didn't get in the water or fish just because of the warnings that are up. It was mainly a scouting trip to find an area to fish again.

Here is the active list that is up on FWC website.

Beaches where warnings or no swim advisories are likely to stay posted through the end of the month - for red tide and/or bacteria - include:

Hillsborough
Ben T. Davis Beach
E.G. Simmons Park Beach

Pinellas
Clearwater Beach
Redington Beach
Madeira Beach
John's Pass
Sunset Beach

Manatee
Anna Maria Island
School Key
Longboat Pass

Sarasota
Longboat Key Beach
New Pass Dock
Bay Dock
Lido beaches
Turtle Beach
Nokomis Beach

Indian Shores is not listed anymore. It may be starting to break up in that area. However it's sandwiched between Clearwater and Redington which are both listed. If you get to your spot and it sucks just post here again and we can drown our sorrows in beer. If you need assistance on anything I'll try to help.

Lastly, in 2015 the red tide was bad into the middle of December so who knows at this point.

Florida was destroyed I think. Cancelled football even.

I like the Sanibel Island Area