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Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum #297147 03/08/2023 12:35 PM Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Whale Tail OP Traveler OP Whale Tail Traveler Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Check out the Sunset Bar Beach Cam. What a mess

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297148 03/08/2023 12:37 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Link to SSBB webcam Unusual to get seaweed there. Carol Hill

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Carol_Hill #297149 03/08/2023 12:42 PM Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Whale Tail OP Traveler OP Whale Tail Traveler Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Thanks for posting the link Carol, don't know how to do that. I checked the weather and the wind is out of the south west instead of the prevailing east direction. I would imagine that Simpsons Bay would also be getting it also.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297150 03/08/2023 12:45 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Todd posted earlier today that they were getting some at Karakter, but it surely didn't look as bad as this!! Carol Hill

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297151 03/08/2023 12:53 PM Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Whale Tail OP Traveler OP Whale Tail Traveler Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Screenshot from my phone Attached Images

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297153 03/08/2023 12:58 PM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,589 Likes: 2 St. Lucia Zanshin Traveler Zanshin Traveler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,589 Likes: 2 St. Lucia I'm anchored out in Simpson Bay and see pretty big chunks of sargassum drifting by and heading towards the beach. The winds are going to be light and variable for the next couple of days and this is causing the stuff to drift on in...

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297155 03/08/2023 01:12 PM Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA Yuck. Very unusual for this to show on that beach. I imagine Mullet and other south facing beaches are experiencing the same.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297156 03/08/2023 01:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 781 RI she314 Traveler she314 Traveler Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 781 RI I saw a few long patches of it between here and Anguilla when I flew over on Monday. It has arrived. We had a small amount wash up at Royal Islander a few hours ago, but it went back out for the most part. Only a few bits remain between the RIC beach stairs and the Sonesta, at least. Can’t believe what I’m seeing down at Sunset. That’ll put a damper on your day.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297160 03/08/2023 02:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 781 RI she314 Traveler she314 Traveler Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 781 RI There’s a long string of it coming in now headed toward Tortuga/Driftwood. Yikes.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297167 03/08/2023 04:27 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,522 Likes: 1 Kennys Traveler Kennys Traveler Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,522 Likes: 1 Climate change .

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297190 03/09/2023 06:42 AM Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,119 Likes: 1 Westchester /NYC Colour1 Traveler Colour1 Traveler Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,119 Likes: 1 Westchester /NYC That is unbelievable!! Thanks for sharing the photo! There is almost never sargassum at Maho!! I wonder who raked it up??? Sand Gravity, got to love it!

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Colour1 #297191 03/09/2023 06:54 AM Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Whale Tail OP Traveler OP Whale Tail Traveler Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Originally Posted by Colour1 That is unbelievable!! Thanks for sharing the photo! There is almost never sargassum at Maho!! I wonder who raked it up??? No one has raked it up....yet. That's where mother nature has left it, in a pile. The SSBB chair rental's won't look to attractive today with that mess in front of them. Three ships in port today.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297197 03/09/2023 08:47 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 155 Pennsylvania debnken Traveler debnken Traveler Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 155 Pennsylvania Mullet Beach was getting hit with sargassum as well. Attached Images

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297198 03/09/2023 08:55 AM Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 94 Port Huron, Michigan K KitKat Traveler KitKat Traveler K Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 94 Port Huron, Michigan We are at Divi, and I am sitting on my porch watching a tractor with a plow pushing the sargassum down the smaller Little Bay beach to clear off an area so people can swim. It is piled high! We have been coming here for 28 years at this time of year, and have never seen this before. Yesterday we were at the Sunset Beach Bar for lunch, and saw a smaller amount accumulating on Maho beach.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297199 03/09/2023 08:56 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! So far, the chair guys have just left the chairs there at Sunset in a pile. Rough day today, with three ships in. Carol Hill

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Carol_Hill #297201 03/09/2023 09:03 AM Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada Whale Tail OP Traveler OP Whale Tail Traveler Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 900 Likes: 2 Ontario Canada With the winds out of the west today I would expect there is more to come in today. The winds tomorrow will be out the north and eventually the north east later tomorrow.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum KitKat #297233 03/09/2023 02:45 PM Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 171 Vancouver Island, BC, Canada C CaribbeanCanadians Traveler CaribbeanCanadians Traveler C Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 171 Vancouver Island, BC, Canada None on Great Bay.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297237 03/09/2023 03:10 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 155 Pennsylvania debnken Traveler debnken Traveler Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 155 Pennsylvania Mullet Bay today. Most of the Sargassum is from Rosie's ast DaWaterholeto the end. Very slow beach day. Attached Images

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297238 03/09/2023 03:12 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,752 Likes: 2 Newtown, CT kim Traveler kim Traveler Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,752 Likes: 2 Newtown, CT Cupecoy - Beach Club to “ocean club” Attached Images

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum debnken #297239 03/09/2023 03:15 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 214 luvtotravel Traveler luvtotravel Traveler Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 214 Mullet looks like the way Orient Beach was last week. Orient gradually got better as the week went on. Last edited by luvtotravel; 03/09/2023 03:16 PM.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum debnken #297241 03/09/2023 03:31 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! thanks for the pictures, debnken and kim. Looks gruesome! Carol Hill

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297242 03/09/2023 03:41 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,289 Boynton Beach, FL EdB Traveler EdB Traveler Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,289 Boynton Beach, FL on another forum...saw pictures of Mullett, filled with the damn stuff too....but Orient Beach is clear. go figure.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum EdB #297252 03/09/2023 04:27 PM Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA "but Orient Beach is clear. go figure" All because of wind direction.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297268 03/10/2023 06:22 AM Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,119 Likes: 1 Westchester /NYC Colour1 Traveler Colour1 Traveler Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,119 Likes: 1 Westchester /NYC Checked the SSBB cam, (6:20am 03-10-23)) looks like mother nature did some clean up from yesterday. I can't believe that the beach guys didn't rake??? You would think, that would be "Job one" considering that the beach is there livelihood!!! SMH!!! Sand Gravity, got to love it!

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297289 03/10/2023 11:01 AM Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA Herald LINK

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum SXMScubaman #297294 03/10/2023 12:00 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 83,903 Likes: 3 Central Florida! Scuba--JD already posted that same story in the Mullet Bay thread. Carol Hill

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297297 03/10/2023 12:46 PM Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19,390 Likes: 4 Auburn, WA I know. I saw that after I posted it here.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297316 03/10/2023 07:45 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,522 Likes: 1 Kennys Traveler Kennys Traveler Joined: May 2002 Posts: 5,522 Likes: 1 Maho has be cleaned up .

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Kennys #297319 03/11/2023 06:49 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,783 So. Shore MA. jollymonsrv Traveler jollymonsrv Traveler Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,783 So. Shore MA. Can’t attach picture but at 6:30 AM Today. All cleaned up and clear

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297325 03/11/2023 09:37 AM Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 27 NC K KandG Traveler KandG Traveler K Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 27 NC It appears this is just the beginning of a long sargassum season in the Caribbean. NBC News LINK Climate change contributes, yes, coupled with fertilizer runoff into major rivers that provides the nitrogen nutrient fueling sargassum growth.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297645 03/16/2023 04:33 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 214 luvtotravel Traveler luvtotravel Traveler Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 214 Looks like there is more coming in , as seen on the SSBB webcam

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum luvtotravel #297647 03/16/2023 05:36 PM Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 736 Likes: 3 Ottawa Canada candu Traveler candu Traveler Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 736 Likes: 3 Ottawa Canada Yes same in Simpson Bay. They cleaned up in front of our place and as they did more came in.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum candu #297650 03/17/2023 05:18 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,814 Likes: 2 Ohio ruralcarrier Traveler ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,814 Likes: 2 Ohio Yesterday both Maho and Mullet were pretty clear and much calmer but both were packed with people. Today there is seaweed in front of Atrium and it looks like Simpson Bay has been hit also. J.D.

Re: Maho Beach Hit With Sargassum Whale Tail #297651 03/17/2023 06:26 AM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,589 Likes: 2 St. Lucia Zanshin Traveler Zanshin Traveler Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,589 Likes: 2 St. Lucia The winds were strong from the west in Simpson Bay all day and most of the night, shoving the weed in. From today onwards normal easterlies will prevail again and those beaches, once cleared, should remain clear of that pernicious and stinking algae. I just looked outside and see clumps of Sargassum drifting past and heading out to sea... Last edited by Zanshin; 03/17/2023 06:54 AM.