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Bright pink dye released into Santa Monica Bay over the next two weeks will help researchers study how circulation could be affecting water quality.

Santa Monica Pier routinely ranks among California’s dirtiest beaches despite ongoing city efforts to improve water conditions.

Over the next two weeks, surfers and beachgoers in Santa Monica may spot waves that have a pink, fluorescent hue — but officials say not to worry.

The luminous, pink color spreading across the Santa Monica Bay is from a temporary, nontoxic dye that researchers are using to study how ocean circulation might contribute to the bay’s poor water quality.

The project kicked off Monday morning, as UCLA and Heal the

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