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I hope not! 2.5 sleeps!:)
And that is nothing compared to the seaweed in Mexico it's piles of it...
There's nothing like that happening in Negril.
After a storm we will get seaweed build up (not algae) on the beach and this helps with beach nourishment...but it will stink if left lying in the sun as it decays. It generally gets cleaned up quickly in Negril.
Currently in Akumal, MX
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Yesterday's Chicago Tribune Travel section
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifest...810-story.html
I was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in July and the seaweed was awful. The seaweed blanketed the entire swim area and shoreline. The workers tried hard and cleaned daily but couldn't keep up with the amount of seaweed coming ashore.
One thing of note.
All the affected beaches face East into the prevailing current and more importantly the NW Trade winds.
Long bay (Negril) faces west and being down current and leeward of the Trades tend to not be affected.
The only real seaweed build up is not usually Sargasso.
Cap
Nope but we get a lot of that here on the Texas coast
Yep..!!..
over the years,
i have seen it in Negril
on a few occasions
1...after a couple of hurricanes
2...after strong tropical storms, that didn't *reach* hurricane-status
3...after a couple of *weird* '''rough-sea''' situations
my Lucea-landlord,
who for many years,
worked at Sandles & Beaches & other-places
in the resort water-sport departments
always dreaded when the seaweed would pile up
....a LOT of clean-up work:::: such as bury-ing the stuff in big hand-dug holes in the sand.
I haven't seen it pile up to ten (10),
but on a couple of occasions
i have seen it up to 3-4 feet in places along the beach
as mentioned,
the stench is terrible,
especially after a big-storm/hurricane when the fish get washed up onto the beach, and start to funk-up the place, as they marinate in the hot Jamaican sunshine.
for me,
a long-lasting nightmare::::>>> ONCE upon a time,
a bunch of plastic, and non-biodegrade-able stuff that washed up
around the Margaritaville area
it was late-August/early-September,
all this stuff came out of the sea
which looked like man-made, tossed-in-the-sea stuff from SpringBreak :::::: which was MONTHs before the incident.
p.s... IF you're ever in Negril,
and you see/find this stuff piled-up on the beach
do NOT mess-around in that stuff
'cause there ain't no-tellin' what's in it.
[[[[ this was a warning/suggestion/recommendation/declaration that i was given by several of the Negril-ians, along the beach ]]]
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This is what it looked like in Rivera Maya earlier this year. Gross! That stuff was a couple feet deep every day and constantly floating in the water. We didn't get in the water once. I'm soooo done with Mexico!
I say again------
The seaweed that washes to shore after a storm on Long Bay is NOT what the article is referring to...
Cap
lots of times . . . after stormy seas . . . sometimes takes time for the hotels to clean it up . . .
It's Fox News!!!! Come on peeps, consider your source. When you throw in Kingston, Jamaica as a location of the article it is a little misleading.
With that said, Negril and Jamaica as a whole should see an uptick in tourist due to the Sargassum issues elsewhere. I was all booked for Mexico for my next vacation, however with no end in sight I changed it up to Negril as I know it is safe as stated by Cap. I'm sure others will as well once they see the pics of endless Sargassum piling up on their favorite beaches.
Beach and water was all clear last week. The River - YES THE RIVER - Was clear as day and you could see through to the bottom from the bridge.
Oh no that is nothing. It was 3 feet high by 6 feet high in Punta Cana last December. The staff at some of the hotels
Used bare hands all day long putting it in clear trash bags. Playacar Mexico staff are digging deep holes and putting it in.
Do not understand how hotel rates are so high.
I wonder if all this seaweed could be collected and processed to be used in some beneficial way?
???
deja vue
???
funny
that you should mention ''that''
'cause it was JUST the other day
that i was *researching* care of my elephant ear plants
andit was suggested/recommended
buying/using a fertilizer product that included
as one of the ingredients:::>> seaweed
Saw it once after a BIG storm. The public beach at long bay was knee high. BUT, after a few days and some front end loaders working non stop, it was gone before I left.
Of course you will see it after any rough seas, that is how beaches get built up in the first place. That has been going on for thousands of years. But that is not what the article is talking about. The article is referring to the new (since 2011), consistent algae/seaweed (no rough seas required) pile ups on certain beaches and those mats floating around the sea in large living clumps, which has not been happening for thousands of years...
"Clumps of the brownish seaweed known as sargassum have long washed up on Caribbean coastlines, but researchers say the algae blooms have exploded in extent and frequency in recent years. The 2015 seaweed invasion appears to be a bumper crop..."
As Bnewb said, this is NOT happening in Negril. Come down and enjoy our beautiful Seven Mile Beach!
The most beneficial way the seaweed in Negril could be used would be to leave it right where it comes ashore. This allows for beach accretion (nourishment). The decaying seaweed adds to the beach and holds the sand that naturally washes ashore in place. But we, as humans, have a disgust for the decaying smell of seaweed.
This offensive seaweed smell is unfortunately the cause of many absurd Negril Rumor Mill claims. It has been said that the smell was caused by "run off from the waste water treatment plant", which happens to be miles away and yet there is no smell between the plant and the beach. And possibly the most creative claim, that a particular AI built hidden sewage pipes a mile out to the reef instead of connecting to the sewage lines under the nearby road. To build "hidden lines" that no one would see being built to the reef would cost a fortune, and even more to maintain. Connecting to the line on the road is a relatively inexpensive procedure. The Negril Rumor Mill can be quite colourful at times and both these claims have both been posted here and other places on the Internet, as ridiculous as they may sound when actually analyzed.
Nature has a way that takes care of itself. It is when mankind steps in and thinks they know better that has caused many of our ecological problems.
See photo from June 2015 below. This is Coco Beach after a night of rough seas and wind. The guy raking on the far right of the pic told me it only happens when the wind blow from the West?? I think that is what Cap was referring to above. This photo was taken before breakfast and you can see a few piles of seaweed. There is a hole that has been dug and the small piles of seaweed will be buried. This happened two days this June and the beach was cleaned up by breakfast time.
Enjoy,
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You are correct ...........Fox News can not be trusted like NBC with Brian Williams who claimed to actually raked up seaweed on Negril beach in 2003, or CBS's Dan Rather who broke the news on GW Bush's being AWOL from his seaweed raking duties in 1972 or MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell fake reports on Mitt Romney being amazed at "seaweed" during the 2012 campaign ..................... get a grip booger
Here is the link you posted, which shows Fox News as you source. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08...?intcmp=hplnws
But yes, it is a repost of an Associated Press report.
Hahahhaaaaa
a heads-UP...!!!
f.y.i.
check-out your local-affiliate of NPR (aka National Public Radio)
today, they WILL be doing a segment on this thread-topic
here in WashingtonDC/USofA the broadcast is at 3pm
p.s... a few minutes ago,
on the program-teaser,
they mentioned that the seaweed
draws/attracts/encourages sand-fleas
:-(
not THAT's a *fun* topic to discuss na tru
[[[ i'm scratch-ing & itch-ing just thinking 'bout dem sand-fleas ......... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ]]]
I was in Mexico last week. Stayed half the time in Isla Mujeres where there was zero seaweed. Stayed the rest of the time in Tulum where the shoreline was filled with nasty brown sargassum. Hotels try to keep up with cleaning it but it is almost impossible. The locals were saying it has been going on since last December. A bartender also said tourism is way down too because many are cancelling their vacations due to the seaweed which is a huge drain on local economies. One expat I met informed me this is a once in every 50 year event so who knows the exact reason for the outbreak.
As others have said, I think beaches facing the east are being hit due to the currents while beaches facing west (Negril) are spared.
There were long stretches of beach undeveloped on my first trip in 1984. The seaweed and trash would build up to 12+" deep and you walked on the surface. Sand flea heaven and tourist hell.
A common occurrence in the Keys. Cost of doing business. Never heard of people cancelling vacations over it however.
I tracked my trip report down from oct 2010....I think it was Nicole, but the clean up was pretty darn quick considering....
http://www.negril.com/discus/message...tml?1287277681
We were in Playa del Carmen in April. The sargassum was awful. We had about 2 of 7 days we could get in the water. Solid masses of it stretched out about 25 feet from the shore. Hotel worked like mad to bury it, but it made little difference. The next day....all back again. This was our first trip to Mexico, and while certainly nobody is to blame (well, maybe Mother Nature) we reaffirmed why we go to Negril. I wouldn't have cancelled my vacation over it. We're pretty easy going, but we were all bummed to not have much water time while we were there.
well this August the sea grass/seaweed off the Cliffs was the worst mi seen in years.....
snorkeling thru this is not a lot of fun......some days it was fine....other days it made for poor snorkeling
and then other days the silt in the water cut visibility down to about 5 feet.......
dunno what was doing all this......but hopefully it will stop soon
Cool Runnings, Marko
There in june and seen it 2 foot tall. The boys where out there early 8,9 guys digging big o holes using a lot of back breaking work
Yes, I think VVHT covered that in his post and photo in this thread. This is what happens when rough seas occur. But that is not what is being referred to in the article posted by the original poster. Please click on the link below for more! Come and enjoy our fabulous beach!
http://negril.com/nt/nt082215.htm
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
*interesting* feed-back der
although, '''''.... that is not what is being referred to in the article posted by the original poster....''''', with the recent up-tick in hurricanes & tropical-storms in the Atlantic, there might-be/could-be more instances (as described above) for the next few months ----- at least until the end of hurricane season
btw ~~~ WHEN IS the end of hurricane season....????...
but remember:::>>> ''''..... that is not what is being referred to in the article posted by the original poster....''''