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Optical vortex analysis has become an important tool in optical metrology. It has been shown to be able to measure small displacements with up to nanometric precision. In this paper we analyze optical vortex behavior in dynamic speckle patterns with boiling phenomenon. We first study translational patterns with boiling and we find the limitations of the optical vortex metrology. Pure boiling patterns were also evaluated and we found a quantitative descriptor for the activity. We also observed that vortices exhibit a Brownian motion in pure boiling patterns. Numerical and experimental results are shown.