sunsetme Posted April 20, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Please post here to report Sargassum you encountered in your cruise ports and the beach where you found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miched Posted April 20, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 20, 2023 It has been seen on many cruises. It is nothing new. It is floating out on the ocean and looks like a brown yellow green glob. In the 50s my parents would rent a cottage in Stoney Point Canada on Lake Saint Claire. The beach would get loaded up with sea weed whenever there was a storm. It was so thick you couldn’t walk thru it. All you could do was use rakes and pull it onto the shore so you could swim in the lake. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alyssamma Posted April 21, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, miched said: It has been seen on many cruises. It is nothing new. It is floating out on the ocean and looks like a brown yellow green glob. In the 50s my parents would rent a cottage in Stoney Point Canada on Lake Saint Claire. The beach would get loaded up with sea weed whenever there was a storm. It was so thick you couldn’t walk thru it. All you could do was use rakes and pull it onto the shore so you could swim in the lake. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 I think the OP is talking about the huge 5000 mi wide blob of it heading towards FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted April 23, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Did not encounter very much while off the coast of Cuba yesterday but we are starting to see lots of patches of it in the Caribbean Sea today. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysee Posted April 23, 2023 #5 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) We encountered a lot of that in the middle of the ocean during our 2019 Spring TA from FLL to Southhampton. Seem to remember it was after we passed Bermuda, but can t be too sure about that. Edited April 23, 2023 by odysee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetme Posted April 23, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Wondering how the Caribbean beaches are being affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_dream Posted April 23, 2023 #7 Share Posted April 23, 2023 4 hours ago, sunsetme said: Wondering how the Caribbean beaches are being affected. Respectfully, I think you'd get a lot more information if you titled your post differently. Many people don't even know what it is (I had to look it up), and it sounds like your main interest is not "on your cruise" but rather on the beaches in the ports. Not sure if you can still change the title? It might help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Shoes Posted April 23, 2023 #8 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Key West, beach near the southern point, a lot. Grand Cayman, 7 Mile Beach, none. Cozumel in the water near the pier some, and Belize out at snorkel site reserve, way too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Virgo Posted April 23, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 23, 2023 we ve always seen this. The sargassum does seem to be more prevalent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetme Posted April 23, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted April 23, 2023 any info on St Martin and St Thomas? I love the west facing beaches but I assume they are most vulnerable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC 462 Posted April 24, 2023 #11 Share Posted April 24, 2023 3 hours ago, sunsetme said: any info on St Martin and St Thomas? I love the west facing beaches but I assume they are most vulnerable Saw some being raked up on Saint Martin Orient Beach in early April. Saw great amounts on St. Kitts and Barbados. None on Saint Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey89 Posted April 24, 2023 #12 Share Posted April 24, 2023 WOW, take a look at St Maarten Grand Bay beach this morning.....loads of sargussum, never seen it this bad. https://www.portstmaartenwebcam.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted April 24, 2023 #13 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Currently awful in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetme Posted April 24, 2023 Author #14 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Pictures of St John with sargassum https://explorestj.com/sargassum/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
def0715 Posted April 24, 2023 #15 Share Posted April 24, 2023 The cruise port in Road Town, Tortola, last month. No idea how the beaches were. Didn’t notice any issues on Virgin Gorda, where I spent the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIMPIT Posted April 24, 2023 #16 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Just returned from 14 nights in Caribbean/Atlantic Cruise, beach/sargassum report : South Beach Miami Bad Puerto Plata ok Antigua West Coast excellent St Croix good St Maarten excellent St Kitts Bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderMan3 Posted April 24, 2023 #17 Share Posted April 24, 2023 This happens every few years but has been increasing in recurrence. As the effects of climate change worsen and sea temperatures rise the sargassum masses will likely increase in frequency. It could be devastating to Caribbean island (and Florida) economies down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 25, 2023 #18 Share Posted April 25, 2023 The big blob has hit Fla and is also in the Gulf of Mexico. For now the news reports that the west coast beaches seem okay..they have enough issues with red tide! ruined family Spring break vacations in several areas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted April 25, 2023 #19 Share Posted April 25, 2023 13 hours ago, WonderMan3 said: This happens every few years but has been increasing in recurrence. As the effects of climate change worsen and sea temperatures rise the sargassum masses will likely increase in frequency. It could be devastating to Caribbean island (and Florida) economies down the road. Yes agree. The sargassum biomass can be used for fertilizer and fuel (burns cleanly), and perhaps other uses as well. We need to turn an ongoing problem into an advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderMan3 Posted April 25, 2023 #20 Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, TeeRick said: Yes agree. The sargassum biomass can be used for fertilizer and fuel (burns cleanly), and perhaps other uses as well. We need to turn an ongoing problem into an advantage. There have been some warnings regarding the use of sargassum for fertilizer as there has been some evidence of metals dangerous to humans seeping into the vegetables grown in the fertilizer. More research is needed. https://dcnanature.org/sargassum-fertilizer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted April 26, 2023 #21 Share Posted April 26, 2023 21 hours ago, WonderMan3 said: There have been some warnings regarding the use of sargassum for fertilizer as there has been some evidence of metals dangerous to humans seeping into the vegetables grown in the fertilizer. More research is needed. https://dcnanature.org/sargassum-fertilizer/ Thanks. I will watch for developments on this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudgesmom Posted April 27, 2023 #22 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Current infestations can be monitored on this map. https://sargassummonitoring.com/?amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted April 27, 2023 #23 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 6:43 AM, DaKahuna said: Did not encounter very much while off the coast of Cuba yesterday but we are starting to see lots of patches of it in the Caribbean Sea today. When I see those pictures, the fisherman in me only sees Mahi. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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