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aerial view of manateeConducting aerial surveys is one of the most successful ways to determine where manatees are in Broward County. Periodic helicopter flights allow for the greatest flexibility in speed and altitude to survey all tidally influenced waterways between Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.

Broward County encourages residents to watch for and report manatees to the Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department. If you spot a manatee in Broward County, email the information to manatee@broward.org or complete a Manatee Sighting Report Form (PDF 30 KB) and return it to the address on the form.

Current Manatee Survey Results - 03/28/13

Location

# Manatees

North Fork New River

3

New River

0

South Fork New River

1

North New River Canal

0

FPL Cooling Lakes

17

Dania Cutoff Canal

0

Intracoastal Waterway from Port Everglades South

0

FPL Port Cooling Canal

2

Intracoastal Waterway North of Port Everglades

2

Atlantic Ocean

1

TOTAL

26

Historical Manatee Survey Results

2010

2011

2012

2013

Survey Date

#Manatees

Survey Date

#Manatees

Survey Date

#Manatees

Survey
Date

#Manatees

01/07/10

517

01/07/11

613

01/04/12

472

01/02/13

470

01/14/10

813

01/13/11

550

01/09/12

782

01/09/13

297

01/21/10

750

01/20/11

656

01/17/12 

1192

01/16/13

76

01/28/10

645

01/27/11

512

01/25/12

458

01/23/13

67

02/04/10

285

02/03/11 

173

02/02/12

303

01/30/13

83

02/11/10

463

02/10/11 

*cxl

02/09/12

*cxl 

02/06/13

268

02/19/10

913

02/17/11

149 

02/15/12

168

02/13/13

51

02/26/10

645

02/24/11

 15

02/22/12

190 

02/20/13

128

03/05/10

865

03/03/11

 12

03/01/12

45

02/28/13

20

03/09/10

745

03/10/11

*cxl 

03/13/12

19

03/04/13

52

03/19/10

232

03/18/11

8

03/20/12

12

03/14/13

74

03/30/10

38

03/24/11

7

03/29/12

8

03/21/13

29

04/16/10

16

04/21/11

 8

04/26/12

 19

03/28/13

26

07/27/10

22

07/28/11

2

 07/26/12

9

10/29/10

8

10/26/11

4

10/19/12

5

11/19/10

33

11/17/11

5

 11/15/12

128

11/24/10

*cxl

11/22/11

18

 11/20/12

*cxl 

11/30/10

34

11/29/11

20

 11/28/12

419

12/10/10

443

12/07/11

72

 12/06/12

477

12/14/10

839

12/13/11

94

 12/12/12

136

12/21/10

1022

12/21/11

213

12/19/12 

250

12/28/10

919

12/29/11

223

12/24/12 

305

*flight cancelled due to weather

Graph of Historical Survey Results (PDF 147 KB)

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