A massive amount of seaweed, approximately 135 tons, is expected to wash ashore on the tranquil waters of the Mexican Caribbean this week. The arrival was originally expected between April 6 and April 11, but temperatures dropping in the region and beaches being cleaned up, pushed the arrival to this week.
Popular beaches like Tulum, Xcacel, Playa del Carmen and Cozumel will be impacted with modern levels of sargassum, with the bulk of the sargassum expected after Monday, April 15. As such, The Secretary of the Navy’s Gulf and Caribbean Oceanography Institute escalated matters to a category two alert for sargassum.
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