SoCalSweetheart

Thanks so much, evandbob. I appreciate your comments. I've read that if there's sargassum on one beach, there may not be on another beach on the same island, so just figure it out and be ready to pivot.

San Diego is absolutely beautiful. We just love the blue water of the Caribbean. Hawaii is beautiful as well, but we like the Caribbean slightly better because it can be a bit warmer and depending on location a little calmer. Will definitely be thinking about Hawaii or Polynesia if the Caribbean doesn't work out.

We are longtime cruisers and REALLY want to book a Caribbean cruise for the spring, but are worried about sargassum. We love the cruising aspect of it, but we pretty much go to the beach in every port and spend 90% of our time lolling in the water. Is there anyone out there who cruised last spring who could tell us how they found it? Was the sargassum inescapable? The cruise we want to go on goes to St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Kitts, Martinique and Holland's private island. We've talked to a couple travel agents who didn't have much to say other than to go in January because there's less seaweed then, but the water's just a little too cold for us at that time. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have on this.