Hey there. I've visited Marco Island 10 out of the last 14 years and was headed there just a week ago and had to move my vacation to the east coast because the are having a HUGE red tide problem yet again! It causes respiratory illness, rashes, causes massive fish kills etc. There were a lot of people in my hotel who got lucky enough to get a room in Ft. Lauderdale who were booked at Marco Island. Red tide tends to hang around for a long time.
You can do well in the surf there too (got spooled on an older BG60). PM me if you want more info. This link will show you the hotspots for red tide in FLA.
https://myfwc.com/research/redtide/statewide/
