Don’t let the seaweed spoil your vacation in the Riviera Maya!
How to Handle a Seaweed Invasion in Playa del Carmen: Activities & Ideas (2023) Are you worried about suffering the stink of seaweed on your next trip to Cancun, Playa del Carmen or the More...
Caribbean nations form Steering Committees to fight sargassum
MARIGOT–As foreseen in the national plan 2022-2025, the first Sargassum Steering Committee for St. Martin met in the Préfecture on Wednesday, September 7th, following its creation on September 5 to better More...
Massive arrival of sargassum in Playa del Carmen
The massive arrival of sargassum on beaches in the center of Playa del Carmen has left the coast inoperative for the provision of tourist services due to the large number of algae accumulated in recent hours. According More...
Cancun hotels began with the installation of anti-sargassum barriers
The Sargassum Monitoring Network in Quintana Roo has suggested to the authorities of the three levels of government that the barriers begin to be placed before the arrival of the macro algae, and not when the problem More...
Atypical sargassum lands on Cozumel beach along with cold front #22
Large amounts of sargassum landed out of season, in an atypical case in Cozumel. (COZUMEL, QUINTANA ROO – ZOFEMAT).- As of this Sunday, January 16th, two crews in charge of the Federal Maritime and Terrestrial More...
Sargasso from the Quintana Roo beaches rots in clandestine dumps
Tons of sargassum rot due to lack of resources and environmental management Quintana Roo, (October 22, 2021).- None of the seven final disposal sites of sargassum in Quintana Roo is operating, which More...
NASA alerts for arrival of large concentrations of sargassum to Quintana Roo
QUINTANA ROO, (July 01, 2021).- Satellite images from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) show that large patches of sargassum are located in the Atlantic Ocean bound for Quintana More...
The ocean ‘returns’ the body of the minor drowned on the Cancun beach
CANCÚN, QROO., (June 24, 2021).- During the morning of Wednesday, June 23, the lifeless body of the minor who was swept away the night before by the current on the Gaviota Azul beach in Cancun surfaced. It More...
Sargasso “swallows” a 17-year-old kid on the beach in Cancun
Cancun, Quintana Roo, (June 23, 2021).- The sargassum that covers the beaches of Cancun literally “devoured” a teenager who went swimming last night, and so far has not been located. According More...
Dead fish land on the beaches of Tulum
The phenomenon is ‘normal’ because animals are associated with sargassum: environmentalist Tulum, Quintana Roo, (May 21, 2021).- Given the report from nautical service providers about the landing More...
