Hi,
I spent the week of May 27 in Ambergris Caye and had a wonderful time. I'll post details about the trip in a separate thread. I wanted, however, to post some pictures of the sargassum that I saw during my time there. This does NOT affect diving. First, remember that this represents just what happened during that week and that the amount present varies. When this stuff hits the sand directly and piles up, it smells bad. In the areas where there are seawalls (for example, from The Phoenix, past Paradise Villas, and to the Blue Tang, the sargassum remains in the water but you can't smell it. During the week, I saw workers hauling the sargassum in town away by the truckload. North of the bridge the smell carried through to the road in some spots. Again, this varies day by day.This is very hard on the local folks and its affecting a large part of the Caribbean, not just Belize. The situation can change daily and it may be all gone by the time you read about it.
I spent the week of May 27 in Ambergris Caye and had a wonderful time. I'll post details about the trip in a separate thread. I wanted, however, to post some pictures of the sargassum that I saw during my time there. This does NOT affect diving. First, remember that this represents just what happened during that week and that the amount present varies. When this stuff hits the sand directly and piles up, it smells bad. In the areas where there are seawalls (for example, from The Phoenix, past Paradise Villas, and to the Blue Tang, the sargassum remains in the water but you can't smell it. During the week, I saw workers hauling the sargassum in town away by the truckload. North of the bridge the smell carried through to the road in some spots. Again, this varies day by day.This is very hard on the local folks and its affecting a large part of the Caribbean, not just Belize. The situation can change daily and it may be all gone by the time you read about it.
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