Wonder if this will affect Castaway Cay

[RedSox68]

https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2018-06-27-sargassum-seaweed-florida-caribbean

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I has impacted Serenity Bay off and on so I'd expect continued issues there. I think because of how the family beach is situated and protected, there usually isn't an issue there.

 

[RedSox68]

It looks pretty yucky!

 

[truck1]

Plus there's usually a pretty decent current around the island so I wouldnt expect much of it.

 

[MSPeeler]

I hadn’t heard of that before. Looks really gross! What a bummer for those who goto the beach and wouldn’t be able to even enjoy it

 

[Cruising Engineer]

Agree, it looks gross. Probably smells bad when it washes up onto the beach sand.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I hadn’t heard of that before. Looks really gross! What a bummer for those who goto the beach and wouldn’t be able to even enjoy it

I first learned about it when reading reviews on various resorts in Mexico several years back. Apparently, some resorts are much more diligent at cleaning it up than others. When I was selecting a resort for that Mexico trip, I picked one with reviews which mentioned crews out frequently cleaning the beach and was able to enjoy the beach on that trip.

I haven't experienced it at CC, but I have seen posts here and on FB from cruisers who have seen it at Serenity Bay. I think DCL tries to keep it cleaned up but sometimes it gets ahead of them.

 

[fredandkell]

Ew. I was just on the Florida panhandle last week and they had a ton of green seaweed, but not brown and stinky like this. It does really affect how much you're able to get in the water.