Little Lagoon
Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States
Site 3 sampling happens at the end of one of the longest piers in Little Lagoon. This site consistently has some of the best water quality in Little Lagoon, highest secchi readings, highest salinities, lowest bacteria and nutrient levels, and some of the best fishing in Little Lagoon. It also has some of the highest Spring and Fall Diatom bloom counts in Little Lagoon and has been the subject of extensive research concerning the toxic Diatom Psuedo-nitzschia. Hydrodynamics in the Lagoon are such that incoming tides typically turn to the west after coming into LL via Lagoon pass and this site receives some of the best tidal flushing in LL.
Location created by
Dennis Hatfield
- Group: Alabama : Little Lagoon Preservation Society
- Lat: 30.24613
- Lng: -87.76794
- Waterbody Type: Lagoon
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 762; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Computer view. Also noted 1 spirulina; unknown dino; poss. raphidophyte.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: West; baro (mmHg): 764; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15 ltr. filtered.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: East; baro (mmHg): 760; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted tiny cyano chains; crypto/chlorophytes present. 4 of 7 cyano colonies are probable merismopedia.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: North East; baro (mmHg): 761; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. Also noted one unknown diatom.
weather: Partly Cloudy; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 760; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 15ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted 1 chlorophyte; 1 foram; 1 raphidophyte; and 1 possible morphophyte.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 10-15; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 761.75; tide: Outgoing; Secchi on bottom. 15 ltr.; .05 ml sample. Also noted one ciliate; 1 tintinid.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 762.25; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 25 ltr.; .05 ml sample.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 0-5; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 761.49; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 25 ltr.; .05 ml sample. Also noted 1 pine pollen; 23 fish scales.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: North; baro (mmHg): 761.75; tide: Outgoing; Secchi on bottom. 25 ltr.; .05 ml sample. Crypto/chlorophytes present. Also noted poss. egg.
weather: Sunny; wind_speed (mph): 5-10; wind direction: South; baro (mmHg): 762.51; tide: Incoming; Secchi on bottom. 30 ltr.; .05ml sample. Also noted 2 pine pollen.