ELANDS BAY - Residents of Elands Bay say the recent red tide was less intense than previous occurrences.
Red tides are blooms of algae common during summer and autumn along the West Coast.
Residents were warned against eating dead mussels, whelks and shellfish that washed ashore at St Helena Bay and Elands Bay as a result of the latest one.
White mussels and fragments of crayfish and other sea animals can still be seen among the debris that washed up on the Elands Bay shore.
Residents explain a marine phenomenon such as a red tide also has a negative impact on the local fishing community, even though this one was less intense.
In the aftermath of the red tide, residents are now coming to the realisation that the ocean must be treated with respect.
Some are mindful of the importance of preventing pollution in affected areas.
- eNCA's Kevin Brandt reports.