Cancun has dealt with a major sargassum problem this year, spurring the government to seek out different solutions, and now Palace Group has joined the fight against the annoying seaweed by investing more than two million dollars towards preventing it from washing up on the city’s beaches. The large investment will go towards installing a …
Sargassum
Tourists are increasingly seeking alternatives amid unusually high levels of sargassum in several popular destinations across Cancun. Holbox island, with its beautiful and sargassum-free beaches, is turning out to be a popular choice. The island is seeing a massive influx of sun-seeking tourists and its hotels are recording high occupancy levels. Holbox is a popular …
Sargassum seaweed continues to be an issue for Cancun beach goers as the microalgae regularly washes up on local beaches. This doesn’t mean that all of the beaches in Cancun are riddled with sargassum. In fact, there are plenty of spots that are virtually free of the foul smelling seaweed. This in part due to …
Effects Of Navy Has Reduced Year On Year As Equipment Struggles With Conditions The Mexican Navy has admitted that its efforts to contain the sargassum problem in the Mexican Caribbean are several under-performing. Problems with equipment have been cited as the greatest barrier to success. On Wednesday, Jose Ojeda, the Mexican Navy Secretary, openly stated …
Sargassum has been a major issue this year and now Cancun hotels are asking the President for help in clearing the seaweed from their beaches as another large bloom is expected soon. The request also asks the government to focus efforts primarily on the sargassum that is still out to sea, because once it reaches …
The beaches of Cancun haven’t been the cleanest this year, mostly due to sargassum but also because of the huge number of people on them every day, but soon tourists will enjoy cleaner beaches after a massive cleanup effort scheduled for this weekend takes place. Two local parks are enlisting the help of a large number …
Poor Weather And Other Factors Have Postponed The Installation By Over A Month Tulum is facing further surges of sargassum seaweed unprotected as the barriers supposed to be installed almost two months ago are pushed back once more. The sargassum deposits this year are potentially the worst in five years. The Mexican Navy has been …
The Cancun coast has been covered with sargassum over the last couple of months and now the beaches are not the only place visitors will have to deal with the brown, smelly seaweed. Visitors to the Riviera Maya area recently shared images on social networks showing two popular parks overrun with sargassum. The amounts of …
Drastic Measures May Be Taken As Current Protocols Appear To Be Failing Experts from the Sargassum Monitoring Network are proposing a massive new project in Cancun and Quintana Roo’s quest to beat the sargassum seaweed problem. The project could see a gargantuan oceanic barrier placed at sea. The project, nicknamed Project 60/60, proposes that a …
New reports are suggesting that Quintana Roo’s sargassum season could be the worst in five years, worrying the tourist industry. Tens of thousands of tons of seaweed have already been deposited on beaches across the Caribbean. Sargassum is a brown type of seaweed that is known for accumulating on Cancun beaches during the spring and …