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Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 9:14 pm
by My_Sir
Wife and I will be there in 10 days. How is the beach looking these days ?

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:33 pm
by marklu
Just retuened from DRM on Friday and it was present but not overwhelming.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:10 pm
by My_Sir
marklu wrote:Just retuened from DRM on Friday and it was present but not overwhelming.


Awesome ! thanks for the response.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:56 pm
by Skulls
My_Sir wrote:Wife and I will be there in 10 days. How is the beach looking these days ?


Just arrived and it's pretty bad. We came in April and it is worse now than it was in April.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:28 pm
by gaviao
It's hard to say, but Cancun and Riviera Maya beaches are in the worst conditions I've ever seen in 44 years. Sargassum invassion is the highest in the last 3 years, when problems started. Be prepared for having all your activities at pool and jacuzzi.
I've been at Riviera Maya from June 13 to 20 (business trip) and last day I went to my favorite beach: Xpu-ha. Worst than in May 12, when I visited it on previous time.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:09 am
by twosome
We will be arriving in a few weeks. Has the condition of the beach improved?

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:29 pm
by vabells
pretty bad june18-24, could'nt get in water,last year same time none at all.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:42 pm
by wetintally
Some of you may find this useful http://seas-forecast.com/#

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:03 am
by JandH
Judging from the Akumal webcam, it looks scary bad. Good thing that there's plenty of room at the pool for everyone.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:29 am
by tikihutguy
Unfortunately this seems to be becoming the norm. National news this morning showing Florida beaches with worst problem ever. Problem is apparently throughout the Caribbean :(

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:39 am
by MachineWorks
I love the beach and the ocean, but between June 28th and July 2nd, we never got in b/c the grass was thick.

Hope it clears out for everyone else. If not, the pool area was more than adequate!

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:49 am
by tikihutguy
Anyone have a clue as to whether or not this is seasonal??? Or is this just general global warming :?:

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:41 am
by TandD
It's more than a seasonal thing and Climate Change is the leading suspect.

You can certainly get more details on the web but in general, there is/has always been a giant sargasso "sea" out in the Atlantic. It normally stays there due to "normal" currents and weather. Something has changed and parts/more of it are breaking off and heading into the Caribbean, washing up on beaches.

That's my understanding anyway...

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:05 pm
by Tree_Frogs
Another bit of information some may find interesting is Desire (RM, not sure about Pearl) is not permitted to use tractors or quads to clean the beach. We’ve seen them on other beaches in Cancun and inquired as to why they don’t use them at RM. With tractors you could keep the beach clean of Saragossa all day long if you wanted. Renee explained the government will not allow them on RM’s beach as Sea Turtles use the beach to nest. So raking by hand and garbage bags is their only option.

Re: Beach and Saragossa Grass ?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:16 pm
by MachineWorks
Tree_Frogs wrote:Another bit of information some may find interesting is Desire (RM, not sure about Pearl) is not permitted to use tractors or quads to clean the beach. We’ve seen them on other beaches in Cancun and inquired as to why they don’t use them at RM. With tractors you could keep the beach clean of Saragossa all day long if you wanted. Renee explained the government will not allow them on RM’s beach as Sea Turtles use the beach to nest. So raking by hand and garbage bags is their only option.


We wondered why they were doing everything by hand. We were up early every day, and would walk the beach. They also had an area blocked off where a nest was buried. We hoped they would hatch while we were there, but no such luck.

But the hand raking looked like a very tedious and un-ending job.