Sargrassum

[Krazcruiser]

i'll be visiting Roatan, Cozumel and Costa Maya first week of May aboard the Allure, do any of these destinations have a seaweed issue this time of the year, thanks

[brillohead]

Costa Maya and Cozumel do (I'm on my third week of this same itinerary).  It just depends on Mother Nature, though -- some days are heavy, others aren't.  

[Ret MP]

The link I had here originally was wrong.

Edited January 31, 2023 by Ret MP

[Ret MP]

There are several websites dedicated to the seaweed forecast.  Just type in the location and "XXXX Sargassum seaweed forecast"

[c-leg5]

2 hours ago, Krazcruiser said:

i'll be visiting Roatan, Cozumel and Costa Maya first week of May aboard the Allure, do any of these destinations have a seaweed issue this time of the year, thanks

As stated depends on mother nature and varies by year BUT

Costa Maya highly likely 

Cozumel east coast likely, west coast less likely

Roatan less likely than other places

 

[Sea-Bos]

Here is the link I was using:

 

SEAS Forecasting (seas-forecast.com)

 

 

Our islands are too tiny to be mentioned but I am just going to have to tell my husband "You do what you do and you like it"  Or something like that.   If he listened to baseball instead of intellectual news he wouldn't be worried.  lol 

[crewsweeper]

42 minutes ago, Sea-Bos said:

Here is the link I was using:

 

SEAS Forecasting (seas-forecast.com)

 

 

Our islands are too tiny to be mentioned but I am just going to have to tell my husband "You do what you do and you like it"  Or something like that.   If he listened to baseball instead of intellectual news he wouldn't be worried.  lol 

Link only pick up 2019 dates????

[moposh]

What's the issue with seaweed?

[Sea-Bos]

1 hour ago, crewsweeper said:

Link only pick up 2019 dates????

Sent wrong link.  Sorry.  Try this one. 

Sargassum Monitoring® 2023 - Google My Maps

[Charles4515]

59 minutes ago, moposh said:

What's the issue with seaweed?

It stinks. 

[RJ257]

Roatan port was loaded with sargassum last spring. Beach i was on was not affected. Presently a large 5000 mile bloom is moving westward thru the Caribbean as of the February satellite photo from the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab. Have seen nothing here on south Florida beach recently. Looks to be below Florida in the February photograph but its large.

 

https://optics.marine.usf.edu/projects/saws.html