4/24/2023 0 Comments Smell at unico riviera mayaThis is hard since it is so unpredictable. Many of our readers have thought about moving to another hotel just to find that perfect beach without seaweed. How to Escape the Seaweed All inclusive hotel that is seaweed proof? When there are periods of low hurricane activity, the natural process of being “chopped up” by storms is lessened and more seaweed is floating around.Warmer waters breed the seaweed faster and the Caribbean has been warmer in the past few years.Winds blowing dust from Africa into the Atlantic and runoff from Brazil are cited for this. Nutrient rich waters producing more sargassum (seaweed).Changing climate and wind patterns blowing the loose mats of seaweed to coastlines.Not everything is know about it and studies are continuing. There are different opinions to the cause. Here is the website: Tip: Go to the forecast section and look for Quintana Roo North (Cancun) and Quintana Roo South (Playa del Carmen) for the forecast for the Riviera Maya. It is called the SEAS project which stands ” Sargassum Early Advisory System“. Nasa and Texas A&M have developed a website that gives advanced predictions of the floating mats of seaweed. This however is not possible for people that book their holiday months in advance. Then people make decisions to go visit a beach along the Riviera Maya or stay put. People actually have been checking in with people in other parts of the region and looking at webcams to get a daily report. We are glad you asked! In fact many people ask how things look at the beach because it is a day to day changing situation. On one side you can see a little less seaweed in the water. This photo shows an end of the seaweed barrier coming to shore. It is a little more brown along the shore line where the barriers were not protecting the shore. The area on the right is the protected area. There have also been many times the anchors have come loose and the protected area is not fully enclosed.īelow you can see a photo of a barrier where it comes to shore. When there are stronger winds, causing rougher waters, the seaweed blows over the barriers and they become much less effective. Currently there Navy has 11 boats collecting the seaweed before it arrives on the shore, With time, the barriers are getting better. It is not a permeant solution but something to give people hope and at least one action people can do to try to do something. Where the barriers help is in calm conditions with light seaweed conditions, they do hold it back. There also needs to be collection of the seaweed when it builds up behind the barriers. There needs to be access for boats and the cost of such a project is astronomical. For one, it is impossible to line the entire Riviera Maya with barriers. These have been very limited in effectiveness. These are floating barriers that capture seaweed or sargassum and block it from arriving on the beaches. Are the seaweed barriers working?ĭifferent beaches and municipalities have been experimenting with barriers offshore. The beaches in the Riviera Maya have been pretty free from seaweed lately. ![]() It is a constant battle that is being fought to keep seaweed off the beaches. More barriers and better barriers have been put in place as well as boats to collect the seaweed before arriving on shore. This year is predicted to be a bad year, if not one of the worst. ![]() However, with the arrival of currents and warmer waters, there has been a lot of seaweed coming in waves. ![]() The early part of 2022 was great for the beaches and it they were very clear. What is the situation with the seaweed now? We have this very helpful map that is below in the article and we talk about what beaches get less seaweed. The year 2020 was one of the best year in the past 5 tears for seaweed amounts.īe sure to check out our special guide to seaweed in Playa Del Carmen here. One has an excellent map with traffic light dots noting the condition of the beaches and this Facebook group has a lot of current information about the sargassum including tourists photos. If you are interested in current situations on different beaches or in front of hotels, these two Facebook pages are good to check out. This year is predicted to be a bad year for seaweed. Update: As of spring 2022 in the Riviera Maya the seaweed is coming back. Here is a look at this historic inundation of seaweed on the beaches that we have been faced with and what is being done to deal with it. ![]() Much of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Florida have been effected as well. It is however something we have not seen in decades. Then it kept coming. This is not the first time this has happened and we are not the only ones being affected. It actually started late 2014 summer and at first everyone thought it was just some seaweed washing ashore. Seaweed in the Riviera Maya and Playa Del Carmen
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