Question time: Seaweed Update – Blog

Many members who shall be visiting us in the summertime could also be asking whether or not there’s seaweed alongside the shoreline. Carried by ocean currents and tides, seaweed naturally washes up on the coast, particularly after storms or windy days. Nonetheless, like different components of the Caribbean and the Gulf coast of Texas and Florida, lately, stretches of the Quintana Roo shoreline have seen extreme quantities of sargassum seaweed coming ashore. These landings happen throughout late spring and summer season, the quantity of seaweed varies and they don’t happen day by day. You will need to stress that not all seashores are affected.

Earlier this 12 months, scientists forecast a bigger variety of sargassum landings for the summer season and the Mexican authorities has boosted its assortment program accordingly.

The Mexican Navy coordinates the sargassum management program and Cancun, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and different municipal governments have an ongoing seashore cleansing program. They rent extra personnel through the season to eliminate the seaweed because it washes ashore. Floating boundaries are additionally put in in entrance of stretches of shoreline similar to bays or sheltered seashores with mild surf which might be liable to sargassum landings similar to some seashores within the Playa del Carmen space, public seashores in Puerto Morelos and components of Tulum, to assist preserve massive patches of the seaweed away from the coast. Any seaweed coming ashore is then eliminated by brigades of staff and transported to a delegated assortment space.

A fleet of boats collects the sargassum at sea in several areas off the Mexican Caribbean coast and is supported by smaller boats, satellite tv for pc monitoring and reconnaissance flights.

Seaside cleansing at Royal Resorts

The Royal Haciendas participates in an annual sargassum management initiative with different resorts in CoraSol. A floating barrier throughout the bay is put in every spring. Extending from Mareazul within the south to Sandos Caracol within the north, it deflects approaching patches of sargassum.

The Royal Haciendas has a tractor and sweeper to gather seaweed, and that is used when the quantity of sargassum coming ashore is manageable. It additionally has a contract with an exterior firm to hold out seashore cleansing through the season. This firm has a sustainable method to sargassum disposal and is processing it to make bricks for the development of low-price housing. As soon as the sargassum is eliminated and separated from the sand, a few of the sand may be returned to the seashore.

Royal Resorts and Grand Residences have their very own seashore cleansing program and contract the companies of an exterior firm through the season when mandatory.