Anyone has been to Playa del Carmen just recently?
Is the sea weed so bad that you can't swim in the ocean?
Thanks

I was there 2 weeks ago for 6-7 days and everyday there's sargassum everywhere: starting from the PDC harbor till Sandos Playacar (last resort). Workers would try their very best to clear the beach but there's just too much. By the 6th day, we've decided to take the ferry to Cozumel for a day trip just because we wanted to swim in the ocean.

Iscelyn Lanaria sad to hear

https://www.facebook.com/1708354152740473/posts/2313732175535998?sfns=mo

I hear it’s so bad you can’t swim and the resort staff can’t keep up

Just read there was a shooting there again in playa del carmen.

Shawna no different than the recent shootings in Calgary the last couple of months...

Shawna was the seaweed involved?

https://www.facebook.com/158409.../posts/2875010782539295...

Thanks all. So sad to know about this.

Yes it is true. And probably will be for quite some time. There are many months when it is worse than other but seems to be an ongoing issue for several years. We have been going there for the last 15 years and this isn’t the worst we have seen it but still pretty bad. Down towards tulum isn’t so bad though. It’s not so bad that you can’t swim in the ocean ANYWHERE there, just that depending on the day or location it might not be good right in front of your particular hotel. We always stay in condos and tend to book a few blocks from the beach just in case the sargassum is bad.

Its really bad and it is projected to get worse this year.
I follow a Facebook page called Viajefest. Its in Spanish but they have a lot of updates on this issue (as well as tons of suggestions for alternative places and sights).

https://www.viajefest.com/sargazo-en-quintana-roo/
This page has almost daily updates on the issue, where to swim without seaweed and all of the info you may need for your vacation.
VIAJEFEST.COM
Observatorio Ciudadano del Sargazo en Quintana Roo

I'll look it up thanks. I speak Spanish

We stay at royal resorts and they have never had a issue we go every year for a month our resorts keep up with all cleaning it just depends on how much money your resorts want to spend on it

I was there the whole month of nov at the royal haciendas in playa no issues

We were there about a month ago and during our stay (7 days) only 3 last days the sea was awesome (no weeds and waves). All other days staff was working very hard to remove sea weeds but without visible results.

This photo was taken last week apparently. It breaks my heart because it's a beautiful beach and this problem is a big issue for the area.

Was there during March break and had to stick to the pools. Still beautiful beach.

I got back from the Mayan Rivera last week. Only had one beach day the whole week. Talking to others on the plane they didn’t fair well either.

my brother was just there and he said the day after the wind was blowing they took truckloads of it off the beach.

I was there in feb, and it was terrible.

This was from the beginning of April just outside Playa.

I was there the last week of Feb and it’s gross
my first time in that area and sadly my last

Julie that's too bad - I started going there 18 years ago & the beaches were always the best in Mexico

Just got back yesterday... seaweed was awful, I was so upset to see

Linda Lee Willson

Was there late March (public beaches) and I thought it was fine. There are areas with more but it’s not overwhelming.

We left March 4 and the bulldozer was working every day. We didn’t even walk on the beach, it was really dirty.

We were there until April 12 and it was gross. We never spent one day on the beach. They are trying to clear it but it smells so bad it’s hard to be around. There were people still sitting further up from the water, but honestly, it was awful.