Many thanks for your support and feedback Patricia. I’m really happy you’ve found the information in this post to be helpful. I do try to provide honest and current information to the best of my ability using my own onsite observations and those of local contacts!

Well, you are very pompous and inappropriately surecif yourself. This article is a god-send to those of us who want our tropical $$$ to be wisely allotted to a good time to avoid the hazards of sargasm.

Regarding safety, having been shot at (no joke) by an American having road rage with our Uber driver, I also can say the US is a he’ll hole of violence. Mexico is safer than the US, but what countries aren’t, lol?

This post should be deleted from this informative and useful blog.. Michelle, just do it. This guy is clearly a self-important hater to be using his time to troll; what self respecting person doesn’t just MOVE ON if they don’t find what they want. He was likely trying to get your attention to ride your successful coat-tail as a “local source”. But I truly HATE to see bullies on social media.

Thanks so much for the update! It’s great to hear you’re finding some clear patches without seaweed to enjoy!

Hi Angela What a great birthday surprise! The beach south of the dock in PDC gets hit often but it’s hard to predict what the situation might be in June as so much depends on water and wind currents. If it’s bad you can always hop across to Cozumel as the leeward beaches on the island rarely ( if ever) have seaweed.Closer to your travel date you can also check the Red de Monitorio site on Facebook for the latest conditions.

Wow, thanks for all this info. I never heard of it before. Unfortunetlly I planned a surprise 4 day visit to PDC mid June for hubby’s bday. We are staying at the Grand Hyatt. I’m wondering if it is worth cancelling and planning for another time. I can’t imagine the smell is any fun, gag. The map above says yellow, so not sure how bad this is on the gross meter. Is this part of PDC hit hard? If so does the cleaning efforts correct the issue or is it a summer long problem in this location? Thanks. We do have 1 day tour planned. Thanks for your help.

Try not to worry! Sargassum isn’t on the beaches every day and many times is quite light. If it does arrive, then you could take a short ferry to Isla Mujeres or Cozumel where the west-facing beaches rarely receive any seaweed at all. There are also lots of things to do in Cancun such as visit Chichen Itza, go to a cenote or explore the Cancun museum.

We were really looking forward to spending time on the beach and swimming in the ocean. Now I have to figure out how to salvage it. We are staying in the hotel zone, at JW Marriott.

Thanks for the update, Joel. So sorry you weren’t able to enjoy your vacation. Sadly, Playa del Carmen seems to be getting hit again this year.

We went to Sandos Playcar in Playa del Carmen June 2021 and sargassum wrecked our 2 week vacation. Red flags along the entire coast from Sandos Playacar up to 5th Street. We attempted to go snorkeling off the coast, but a person in our party got stung by jelly fish that were in the sargassum.

Also we and several others vacationing had all sorts of weird police, cartel, and drug dealer interactions that we never had before. There’s a desperation for tourism on the Riviera Maya since tourism took a blow during the pandemic and now this growing sargasso weed problem.

We have been going to Cancun and Playa del Carmen for 18 years, and will not waste our time and money going until this ecological (not climate change) problem is fixed.