Sargassum Season To End Early In Cancun And Mexican … – The Cancun Sun

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Sargassum, a brown seaweed that floods the Mexican Caribbean coast during the spring and summer months, is typically present until the fall months.

Its presence is something that many visitors would rather not deal with on their vacations because its unsightly and smells.

Fortunately, for those travelers visiting in the next several months, it wont be an issue because sargassum season is going to end early in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean this year, according to a new report.

A recent report from the Secretariat of the Navys sargassum monitoring department shows that sargassum is disappearing earlier than usual.

In the Mexican Caribbean vacation destinations of Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Cozumel current sargassum levels are low to moderate.

And the level of sargassum in Cancun, Puerto Morelos, and Isla Mujeres is scarce to low.

Sargassum monitoring specialists are also reporting that the presence of sargassum will continue to be minimal for the remainder of the season.

Typically September is when the Mexican Caribbean starts seeing less of the annoying seaweed.

But satellite monitoring by the National Autonomous University of Mexico is showing that there are no huge masses of the seaweed out to sea at the moment.

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Sargassum in the Mexican Caribbean in recent years has been worse than it was a decade ago.

Huge masses of the seaweed have been forming in the Atlantic Ocean over the last couple of years.

It gets carried to the Mexican Caribbean by currents and washes up on the shore of the regions beautiful beaches.

The presence of sargassum on Mexican Caribbean beaches in places like Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum is an eyesore for tourists visiting the region.

For this reason, officials make a major effort to try to control it and keep it off of the beaches as much as possible.

Sargassum barriers and sargassum collection are the main methods of minimizing the effects of sargassum, but more efficient methods are being researched.

The only real way to avoid sargassum in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean is to visit outside of sargassum season.

There are also certain areas that receive less sargassum than others, like Isla Mujeres Playa Norte.

Aside from going somewhere that gets less sargassum, youll want to visit between the months of September/ October and May, typically.

When the beaches are filled with sargassum in Mexican Caribbean vacation destinations, fortunately, there is somewhere else to take a dip and cool off.

Cenotes are naturally formed swimming holes that form by limestone caves collapsing in.

They fill with rain and underground water to make beautiful swimming holes, and there are hundreds of them in the Mexican Caribbean.

Cancun and most other Mexican Caribbean vacation destinations have plenty of things to do if sargassum makes the beaches undesirable during your vacation.

There are archaeological sites to explore, jungles filled with adventure, underground rivers, underwater marine parks, adventure parks, and so much more.

While the Mexican Caribbean is known for its beaches, there is much more to explore.

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