Beach goers are tackling Red Tide on South Padre Island. According to Jason Straub, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Brownsville, the tide could be showing its effects a month prior to removal of the toxic algae bloom from the area.

According to him, “It’s going to take a significant north flow or a significant south flow to push this either north or south. So it’s pretty much in place for the next several days”.However, he said, “It’s going to take probably a month for it to get out of here”. And the last three have been similar to this.

On Sunday also, dead fish were seen washed ashore. However, until now, the fish kill hasn’t been as large as it took place on the Island in past few years. The so-called “aerosol effect” is another good thing settled down on the Island over the weekend.

As per Tony Reisinger, Texas AgriLife’s extension agent for coastal and marine resources with Texas Sea Grant, favorable winds are the reason behind it.According to him, he expects that the wind will remain west-northwest and it has been a good thing for the reason that if it is blowing offshore the aerosol, a spray of water droplets, is blown back offshore in place of on the Island.

Reisinger said thaton Sunday morning, he spotted“fresh” fish washed ashore at Beach Access Nos. 5 and 6. He also spotted some large red drum washed ashore at Isla Blanca Park.

“So it’s pretty much in place for the next several days.”

“I just hope that the wind remains west-northwest. The wind has been a blessing because if the wind is blowing offshore the aerosol, which is a spray of water droplets, gets blown back offshore rather than onto the Island,” he said.

“It’s not as massive as we’ve seen in the past,” Reisinger said.

“There’s a lot of them, a lot of different species. But we’ve seen heavier kills before.”