Sargasso Sea Weed

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Sargassum and it is coating the east side of Cozumel so much that the turtles can't lay eggs.

Actually, it isn't causing the turtles that much trouble; they lay eggs every night these nights on the clear areas of sand higher up the beach close to the dunes. If you want to watch this, spend a night at the Ventanas al Mar Hotel on the east side. From five to ten turtles lay their eggs every night right off the hotel's wooden balcony. This happens every night these nights, usually between nine and midnight.

Now, what is really needed is to find out some way to sell a little bit of this Sargasso to every cruise ship passengers as a souvenir and get rid of it at a profit!
 
Dear El,My DMs have been reporting seeing turtle eggs down on the reef for the first time ever. Not all of them are making it to the sand.Dave DillehayAldora Divers
 
Dear El,My DMs have been reporting seeing turtle eggs down on the reef for the first time ever. Not all of them are making it to the sand.Dave DillehayAldora Divers

Hi Dave,

I am not disputing the fact that your guys saw eggs that were "jettisoned" by turtles that for some reason had abandoned their attempt to lay on shore, or by turtles that simply didn't make it to shore in time; that happens occasionally and it is not all that unusual.

What I am saying is that the turtles on the east side have plenty of clean, deep sand to nest in, as they usually climb up higher on the beach than where the Sargasso piles are located near the water's edge. There are plenty of new turtle nests every morning over there. The place looks like a WWII bomb target!
 
Well, I was there last Friday and it did not look like a lot of open sand to me, some weed 2 meters thick. But I am sure that there is some clear sand, BUT this is the first time in 23 years we've seen many eggs on the reef in the water.Dave DillehayAldora Divers
 
even if there is no change in the nests it may be a problem for the hatchlings to navigate through the sargasso on the beach.
 

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