Table 8-2: Samples from the North Sea spring bloom
30th April Sunny Calm end of flood tide  
5th June Sunny   end of ebb tide  
19th June Cloudy Wind N3 end of ebb tide stripes of foam on the sea and "blobs" of phaeocystsis colonies clearly visible in the water
3rd July Sunny Wind SW4 (previous day much wind and rain) beginning of flood tide

Phaeocystis foam still on sea, along a front 2 miles off the beach