White Plague spreading on the Cozumel Coral???

[ChuckP]

Any updates on this? Was thinking about setting up a Sept trip but depending on how bad it is I might try somewhere else this time.

It is serious in that they do not know the cause but I would not cancel a trip here because of it. I don’t want to understate the problem but I wouldn’t cancel either.

In three years this disease spread from mid Florida both north and south.

 

[ggunn]

Are you seeing increasing water temp in Coz? I seem to be getting colder temps every year.

Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature | US EPA

 

[BRT]

Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature | US EPA

Pretty! But not what I have observed in Quintana Roo.

 

[ggunn]

Pretty! But not what I have observed in Quintana Roo.

It's not a localized phenomenon. Also, observe the smaller ups and downs vs. the overall trend. That ocean temperatures are rising is indisputable, and all reefs are being affected.

 

[BRT]

It's not a localized phenomenon. Also, observe the smaller ups and downs vs. the overall trend. That ocean temperatures are rising is indisputable, and all reefs are being affected.

Certainly not proof but interesting that today's ocean temp in Cancun is close to the minimum recorded for June.
Cancún Water Temperature | Mexico | Sea Temperatures

 

[scubadada]

Wow......had no idea about the sewage run off........good grief. Then add in central/south america run off - that is no bueno.

The die off is significant.......its like small pox on certain corals (brain/stag/elkhorn corals).

Staghorn and Elkhorn Coral (Acroporidae) appear to be unaffected. Stony coral tissue loss disease | International Coral Reef Initiative

 

[ggunn]

Certainly not proof but interesting that today's ocean temp in Cancun is close to the minimum recorded for June.
Cancún Water Temperature | Mexico | Sea Temperatures

It's not proof at all and it's not all that interesting; there is always a lot of variability in the short term data.

 

[Brules]

My Perdix read 84 degrees at shallower depths, 83 deeper than 30'. Not sure how accurate it is.

 

[ChuckP]

What's going on from Florida and unfortunately spreading thru the Caribbean

Florida Reef Tract Coral Disease Outbreak | Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

An hour long but a great webinar that has more info:

 

[ggunn]

What's going on from Florida and unfortunately spreading thru the Caribbean

Florida Reef Tract Coral Disease Outbreak | Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

An hour long but a great webinar that has more info:

I am not an expert in such things, but how is it spreading against the flow of the Gulf Stream? The lionfish did it, but they swim.