Travelers mapping out a 2026 Cancun getaway may want to take note: the 2025 sargassum season was one of the Caribbean’s most severe in recent history. According to the University of South Florida’s Sargassum Watch System (SaWS), the “Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt” reached record-high levels this year, bringing extensive seaweed accumulations to Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Data from the Quintana Roo Sargassum Monitoring Network confirms that the southern corridor of Cancun, stretching toward Puerto Morelos, experienced the heaviest impact. Throughout spring and summer 2025, these beaches repeatedly received “abundant” and “excessive” sargassum alerts.
Most Affected Beaches in 2025 Playa Coral (Mirador II) – Frequently topped the daily charts for
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