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Sargassum - and lots of it! #294829 01/30/2023 12:38 PM Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,785 Likes: 4 Memphis, BVI, CT R RatmansWife OP Traveler OP RatmansWife Traveler R Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,785 Likes: 4 Memphis, BVI, CT It seems the winds have shifted or something, but in the last few days a lot of sargassum has started coming in. Looking to the northeast today there are patches of it everywhere.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #294839 01/30/2023 01:48 PM Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W D duckfat Traveler duckfat Traveler D Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W It is as bad right now on the north shore of Anegada as it was last August - and this is only January!

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #294841 01/30/2023 02:28 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 17,219 Likes: 6 Tortola/ Sonoma, California Manpot Traveler Manpot Traveler Joined: May 2002 Posts: 17,219 Likes: 6 Tortola/ Sonoma, California In November Smugger's Cove was loaded with the stuff driven by those east winds.I have never seen that before nor had bar owners Patricia and Bushman..but they cleaned it up!

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! Manpot #294842 01/30/2023 02:48 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 22 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 22 Central Florida! Off topic, but Happy Birthday, Mal!! Carol Hill

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! Carol_Hill #294850 01/30/2023 03:21 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 17,219 Likes: 6 Tortola/ Sonoma, California Manpot Traveler Manpot Traveler Joined: May 2002 Posts: 17,219 Likes: 6 Tortola/ Sonoma, California Thanks..got lots of the love from the BVI folks today..

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #294927 01/31/2023 05:33 PM Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,785 Likes: 4 Memphis, BVI, CT R RatmansWife OP Traveler OP RatmansWife Traveler R Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,785 Likes: 4 Memphis, BVI, CT Today at Scrub Attached Images

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #294929 01/31/2023 06:31 PM Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,473 Likes: 1 Washington DC B bailau Traveler bailau Traveler B Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,473 Likes: 1 Washington DC Originally Posted by RatmansWife Today at Scrub Hopefully they know how to clean out the strainers....

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #294930 01/31/2023 06:42 PM Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 M MIDiver Traveler MIDiver Traveler M Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 Wow!! We saw big patches between JVD and Tortola today…..

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #294936 01/31/2023 10:05 PM Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 273 S steve74 Traveler steve74 Traveler S Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 273 I’d paddle out!

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295069 02/02/2023 03:18 PM Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 M MIDiver Traveler MIDiver Traveler M Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 Took a little dinghy journey into Eustacia Sound. East shore of Prickly has 3-4 foot deep sargassum covering the beach with more coming in - crazy for this time of year.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295072 02/02/2023 03:46 PM Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 88 Winter Park, FL M MKGrey Traveler MKGrey Traveler M Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 88 Winter Park, FL It must be a nightmare keeping generators and a/c units running with the amount of sargassum in the water. I've never known it to be like that during Jan, Feb, or March. Maybe the stars will align and we will have none for our trip in June!!

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295081 02/02/2023 06:12 PM Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,785 Likes: 4 Memphis, BVI, CT R RatmansWife OP Traveler OP RatmansWife Traveler R Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,785 Likes: 4 Memphis, BVI, CT Trellis Bay today. Attached Images

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295087 02/02/2023 07:33 PM Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W D duckfat Traveler duckfat Traveler D Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W Cow Wreck Beach today Attached Images

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295090 02/02/2023 07:56 PM Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 M MIDiver Traveler MIDiver Traveler M Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 Duckfat - that’s a lot of sargasso! What is the situation like over at Sid’s?

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! MIDiver #295093 02/02/2023 08:59 PM Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W D duckfat Traveler duckfat Traveler D Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W Originally Posted by MIDiver Duckfat - that’s a lot of sargasso! What is the situation like over at Sid’s? Sid's is clean as a whistle - beach faces southwest.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295139 02/03/2023 01:12 PM Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 M MIDiver Traveler MIDiver Traveler M Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 Thanks DF! Anchored off Sid’s now. Glorious. Went in for lobster and conch tacos (superb as usual) for lunch and back again for dinner. 🌴 Last edited by MIDiver; 02/03/2023 04:20 PM.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! MIDiver #295167 02/03/2023 06:11 PM Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W D duckfat Traveler duckfat Traveler D Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W Originally Posted by MIDiver Thanks DF! Anchored off Sid’s now. Glorious. Went in for lobster and conch tacos (superb as usual) for lunch and back again for dinner. 🌴 I will be there for dinner tonight also.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! MKGrey #295180 02/03/2023 08:17 PM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,622 Likes: 7 St. Lucia Zanshin Traveler Zanshin Traveler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,622 Likes: 7 St. Lucia @MKGrey - The intakes for the generator, AC and engine are usually far enough below the waterline to be clear of sargassum.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295185 02/03/2023 08:36 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,228 Likes: 4 GA/NC GeorgeC1 Traveler GeorgeC1 Traveler Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,228 Likes: 4 GA/NC We have not had any issues with it this week but we did not get out to Anegada.

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295207 02/04/2023 03:17 PM Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 M MIDiver Traveler MIDiver Traveler M Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 DF - I saw your post about dinner after we got back in last night. I bet I can guess where you were sitting 🙂

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! MIDiver #295208 02/04/2023 03:27 PM Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W D duckfat Traveler duckfat Traveler D Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 205 Likes: 3 18°44'42"N 64°24'09"W Originally Posted by MIDiver DF - I saw your post about dinner after we got back in last night. I bet I can guess where you were sitting 🙂 At the bar. Were you at the two-top just behind us?

Re: Sargassum - and lots of it! RatmansWife #295212 02/04/2023 04:04 PM Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 M MIDiver Traveler MIDiver Traveler M Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 1,190 No - lol, we were at a 2 top on the edge of the outside platform closest to the beach. The two behind you were a nice couple we met at BEYC earlier in the week.