Redondo Beach 4/24/2022: Attacked by bees!

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by Polychrest

What the hell are a swarm of bee doing 3 miles off shore?! Only got one drop in before they swarmed me. They seemed to like the sail on my TI. I was able to get some speed and booked it out of there. Headed back because I saw a red TI with it’s sail down and the passengers in the water frantically splashing water to keeps the bees away. Told them to peddle out fast but they requested a rescue so I called it in for them. Luckily my passenger only had one bite.

In other news, lots of red tide out there and bait guy has some nice sardines. Is the red tide a good or bad thing, sorry for the newbie question.

Sounds like a swarm of bees got blown out to sea and your TI looked like a refuge. Glad you escaped relatively unscathed.

Red tide is an algal bloom(phytoplanktons, which are microscopic single-celled marine plants) that releases toxins. It can occur naturally, but pollution runoff has increased its frequency. Agricultural runoff has been known to cause major blooms on the SW Coast of Florida killing birds, dolphins, turtles, thousands of fish and closing beaches for months. In SoCal, the impact is less, but filter shellfish such as clams and mussels are frequently contaminated making them unsafe to eat.