Florida
Toxic algae in Palm Beach County lakes
35 lakes and waterways in Palm Beach County have harmful algal bloom reports in Florida's official data. The most recent entry is for Lake Okeechobee: Florida's most recent sample from Lake Okeechobee, on 30 December 2025 at Lake Okeechobee - S354, found no visible bloom and microcystin toxin measured 0.34 µg/L, below the US EPA swimming advisory level of 8 µg/L. Lake Okeechobee has had blooms in three or more years.
Lakes with bloom history
Newest report first. Each lake has its own page with the full history and what the results mean.
Other waterbodies with a report
These have one or two reports in a single year, which isn't enough history for a page of their own yet.
- Canal 2018
- Clv10A Inside Lake Okeechobee 2018
- Hillsborough Canal 2021
- Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area Pond 2021
- Intracoastal Waterway 2023
- Jupiter Park Drive Canal 2022
- L-10 Canal 2022
- L-14 Canal 2023
- L-40 Canal 2021
- L-8 Tieback Canal 2021
- Lake Arden 2022
- Lake Clarke 2021
- Lake Clarke Inflow 2024
- Lake Ida 2021
- Lake O 2019
- Lake O Northeast Of Clewiston 2019
- Lake O Seast 2019
- Lake O South 2019
- Lake O Sw 2019
- Lake Okeechobee 3.25 Mi 2019
- Lake Osborne 2018
- Lake Worth 2018
- Loxahatchee River 2023
- M-Canal 2021
- Marlin Circle Canal In Loxahatchee River District 2018
- Miami Canal 2021
- Miami Canal Above S-8 2018
- North Lake Of C-17 Canal 2025
- Ocean Canal 2017
- Pole3S Lake Okeechobee 2018
- Sabal Palm Lake 2021
- Santiago Canal 2022
Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), official data, checked 24 October 2026. For today's conditions see the DEP Algal Bloom Dashboard. No report doesn't mean a lake is safe: most water is only tested occasionally.