2026 Thermal Stress 

NOAA Coral Reef Watch Home Page - A dashboard where you can find Bleaching Alerts, status of degree heating weeks, current sea surface temperatures, etc., by region and specific area. 

• • Specific information for the Florida Keys

  • Specific information for Southeast Florida. 

  • Subscribe to Satellite Bleaching Alert Email List Regional Virtual Stations

NOAA Coral Reef Watch Florida Specific Single Pixel Virtual Stations - A dashboard where you can find information on 19 specific reefs along Florida's Coral Reef. 

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Aqualink - A free, open-source platform that provides a real-time data for sites in the Florida Keys. 

SEAFAN BleachWatch Dashboard (Southeast Florida Action Network) - BleachWatch is an early warning network for coral bleaching and disease in southeast Florida. This dashboard let's you peruse a map of where observations have been reported, read the reports, and review report photos. 

SEAFAN.net (Southeast Florida Action Network) - Members of the public and community scientists can learn more and report coral bleaching, as well as a variety of incidents, here. 

• • Report Form; Folks can also call the SEAFAN hotline at 866-770-SEFL (7335) 

  • SEAFAN Dashboard  - To see locations of all report types.

Florida Keys BleachWatch -  Trained individuals can report bleaching in the Florida Keys here. 

South Florida BleachWatch - Trained individuals can report bleaching in Southeast Florida here. 

FWC's Disturbance Response Monitoring Program (DRM) - annual surveys conducted during peak bleaching months (Aug-Oct) on randomly selected sites along Florida’s Coral Reef. Collects data on coral density, diversity, size, and condition of stony corals, including capturing disease and bleaching prevalence. This is the predominant source of data for bleaching corals in Florida.

FWC's Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) and Nova Southeastern University's Southeast Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (SECREMP) - SECREMP annually surveys 22 sites in Southeast Florida and CREMP surveys 51 permanent monitoring sites in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. Collects data on coral population demographics and health, including diversity, size, and condition of stony corals.

NOAA's  National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) - biennial surveys to monitor coral populations, benthic communities, and fish populations.