Travelers to Playa del Carmen are fed up and have simply had enough. Enough issues with the high levels of sargassum on the beach and in the waters that is. They recently have taken to social media to express their displeasure with the amount of the stinky brown seaweed hanging around the water and on …
Seaweed
With peak sargassum season right around the corner, hotels in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean have started staffing up to ensure that tourists to the area enjoy relatively clean beaches during their beach resort vacation getaway. Resorts Attack Sargassum Sargassum, the smelly brown macroalgae that washes up on the shores and beaches of the Mexican …
Officials in the Mexican Caribbean have increased the sargassum alert level for the very first time this year. The alert level was raised from level one to level two in the beach resort vacation getaway to warn travelers that their fun in the sun, sand, and surf in the Mexican Caribbean will soon be impacted …
With the start of the sargassum season quickly approaching, local officials have announced the deployment of additional resources from the Mexican Navy this spring to help keep beaches clean. According to the country’s navy, up to 14 sargassum vessels will soon be deployed to the shores of the Mexican Caribbean to help combat the smelly …
New projections released by environmental experts suggest that Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean may soon grapple with huge quantities of sargassum seaweed. The sargassum season typically begins around late February to early March, depending on a number of environmental factors. But this year, sargassum may start washing up on Mexican Caribbean shores in significant quantities …
The good news is that sargassum season has yet to start in earnest this year in the Mexican Caribbean. However, the bad news is that many experts believe that a greater return of the algae is actually right around the corner later in February. Because of this, beach officials in Cancun are actually gearing up …
Travelers headed to Playa del Carmen beaches this week might come across an unexpected sight: red seaweed. Travelers and residents have taken to social media in recent days to share images and videos of the strange seaweed, which many have confused with sargassum. Although the sargassum season is expected to officially begin sometime in February, …
There’s good news in store for travelers and beach lovers headed to Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean this fall as experts predict sargassum levels to drop significantly over the coming weeks. Encountering beaches covered in seaweed can be a disappointing experience for countless travelers, especially in a region like the Mexican Caribbean, known for its …
Cities across the Mexican Caribbean – and especially Cancun – are bracing for huge quantities of sargassum seaweed to wash up on shore as thousands of travelers continue to pour into the region for their summer vacation. While sargassum levels have generally remained low during most of the season, a new seaweed patch spells trouble …
After a four-year hiatus, the Mexican government is re-launching an ambitious plan to help eradicate sargassum from popular beaches across the Mexican Caribbean. A magnet for international travelers, the Mexican Caribbean’s white-sand beaches are in better shape than ever thanks to new initiatives to tackle sargassum seaweed, a harmless yet unpleasant-smelling macroalgae that forms over …