Seaweed in the Caribbean Affecting Destination Weddings/Honeymoons

I have been checking the Trip Advisor forums for Playa Mujeres, Mexico and people who are doing live updates there are saying that the seaweed is pretty much non-existent. The stuff that is washing up, the workers have been clearing. So, no worries here, just excited!

Okay, short answer is YES and NO - we were just in the Caribbean in March and going back in October. Sargassam is at an all time high but it's in no way unswimmable.If they rake it up from the beach and put it in a pile, anywhere near the pile will be stinky - it's rotting vegetation however we did not find this issue to be that difficult to deal with.

Seaweed is a normal part of the ocean and its normal for it to wash ashore. I wouldn't worry about it.

Sometimes when swimming, you will turn into a mermaid so just watch out for that!

ETA - this did not negatively impact our stay at all, it's just unusual for there to be this much of it. We are still doing our Carib vaca in October and our carib weddingmoon in May

@Elyse -- same. We're going down to Playa Mujeres in November so I've been glued to the updates as well.

@Bethie, thanks for your honesty. That's what concerned me -- if it made the waters unswimmable or the beach lounging unpleasant.

@2714HBBride, I know that seaweed is normal, but have you looked at the link I posted? There is an overgrowth of seaweed that is affecting tourism because of the sheer volume. Countries are very concerned and looking for solutions -- fast. Their resorts have to take the seaweed away from the beach by the truck-load.

@Bethie -- ah, so we'll get to be mermaids after all? :-) I'm glad that you all are sticking to your plan. I just found it very interesting how this could have a trickle down effect.

I read about this too, but the more I research, the more it looks like if it is a problem, privately maintained beaches (like resorts) are keeping up with it and getting rid of it as it comes in.