Beware of Summer 2023 beach vacations

[TonyTexas 10512]

Many Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico beaches are going to be unusable this summer.

 

[kevwun 15788]

As long as the beer is still cold, we'll be ok.

[Your Mom 4806]

Meh. The beach sucks anyway. Go to the mountains. 

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

Yay!  Vero Beach in June.

[deadshank 24653]

Just another Thursday for Texas beaches 

[6th Street 6400]

Cabo is still ok

[DoobieWah 1437]

I'll wait until Georgio from Ancient Aliens tells me what it's all about. 

Activity at the Bermuda Triangle underwater bases would be my guess. 

🤔

[squib 1120]

Cancun beaches were nasty, stinky messes when we were there last summer. Isla de Mujeres was ok but packed because everyone went there to avoid the seaweed. It didn't bother me much because there ain't no swim up bar in the ocean--so we would have stayed in the pool anyway. But the smell was pretty bad coming off those piles at times anyway. 

[TornACL 7698]

I could have sworn that this excessive seaweed problem has been going on for years.

[Brisketexan 105139]

They should trim all that excess seaweed, like the Brazilians do.

[rage-a-holic 4397]

3 minutes ago, TornACL said:

I could have sworn that this excessive seaweed problem has been going on for years.

Yes, check the article in the OP. This year is going to be pretty much unbearable.

It's good for landing cheap PDC airbnbs. 

[Gil Bang 25957]

On 3/18/2023 at 6:45 AM, Knoxtnhorn said:

Yay!  Vero Beach in June.

Doing 2 weeks in the Keys in May, so I should be good. 

[VABuckeye 2472]

Sorry to tell you but it's already in the Keys.  It's going to be brutal here when it gets into the canals.  The stench will be worse than the dead fish from the red tide that just ended.  I expect locusts and pestilence next.

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

3 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Doing 2 weeks in the Keys in May, so I should be good. 

Supposedly this is a 'west side" thing.  The map I saw had it affecting the Gulf Coast area.  

[Skipper 6135]

I've mainly seen headlines talking about a material impact in Florida/Mexico.  Is it supposed to be bad on the Texas Coast this summer as well?

[texasdago 7573]

Its all good.  Climate's good.  Nothing to worry about.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

It's really nothing to worry about.  It's just some seaweed tourists taking a trip to the coast

[ztejas 43444]

19 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Supposedly this is a 'west side" thing.  The map I saw had it affecting the Gulf Coast area.  

Seems kind of racist. 

[ballrific 215]

Bahamas?

[Ag with kids 581]

On 3/20/2023 at 5:43 PM, VABuckeye said:

Sorry to tell you but it's already in the Keys.  It's going to be brutal here when it gets into the canals.  The stench will be worse than the dead fish from the red tide that just ended.  I expect locusts and pestilence next.

God...that reminds me of that hellacious freeze in TX a few years back when it was below freezing for 2 or 3 days straight here on N Padre Island.  Killed shit tons of fish and the canals were putrid...and I live on a canal.

[wild_turkey 3159]

Going to South Beach in a few weeks. We’ll see what happens but I’m prepared to spend more time at the pool if it’s an issue.

Going to St. Barth in June. It’s been an on and off issue for years, but the nice thing about a small island is that different beaches face different directions and they never all get hit at the same time. If the first beach you pick has sargasso, hop back in the car and drive 10 minutes to a different beach.

Here’s a link from NOAA to monitor conditions:

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/sargassum_inundation_report/#

[TonyTexas 10512]

And it begins. This could have a severe economic effect on Gulf coastal communities.

 

[VABuckeye 2472]

Dog Beach at Lover’s Key near Bonita Beach had a crocodile in the water today.  We take our dogs there every few weeks.  Not now until we know it’s clear. 

[Wally Fairway 5549]

Whatever you do, don't come up here with our freshwater beaches, sand dunes, temperate weather,and lots of state and national parks.

[SydneyCarton 48106]

Well, we leave for Miami on Thursday. A day in Key Biscayne is starting to look iffy. 

[justhookit 4191]

Floridians and the tourists seem like a bunch of pussies. It’s seaweed. Can it get bad? Sure, but it’s not going to ruin a vacation.

[wild_turkey 3159]

10 hours ago, justhookit said:

Floridians and the tourists seem like a bunch of pussies. It’s seaweed. Can it get bad? Sure, but it’s not going to ruin a vacation.

Have you ever been to a beach covered in sargassum? It's gross, it smells horrible, and it irritates your skin.

[justhookit 4191]

11 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

Have you ever been to a beach covered in sargassum? It's gross, it smells horrible, and it irritates your skin.

I live in Port Aransas, so yes I’m pretty familiar with the stuff.

[bluto 4928]

And it covers the first 25? yards of beach water 

[Pokoloco 1281]

On 3/18/2023 at 7:58 AM, Your Mom said:

Meh. The beach sucks anyway. Go to the mountains. 

Are there a lot of women running around in basically their underwear in the mountains?

[TonyTexas 10512]

7 minutes ago, Pokoloco said:

Are there a lot of women running around in basically their underwear in the mountains?

And is there anything in the mountains during the summer where your kids can entertain themselves for hours at a time, allowing you to sit back and get hammered?

[Harry Waters 57]

36 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

And is there anything in the mountains during the summer where your kids can entertain themselves for hours at a time, allowing you to sit back and get hammered?

mountain lions.

[texasdago 7573]

44 minutes ago, Harry Waters said:

mountain lions.

lyme disease

[futureman 22462]

[HornOnTheBayou 8922]

19 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

Have you ever been to a beach covered in sargassum? It's gross, it smells horrible, and it irritates your skin.

OK, Anakin.

[threesheets 1673]

Palm Beach Post has a bunch of webcams from different beaches linked on this page so people planning to visit can monitor. Destin lookin' good so far:

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/environment/2023/05/02/sargassum-seaweed-in-florida-cocoa-beach-daytona-pensacola-livestream/70138861007/

[wild_turkey 3159]

I live in Port Aransas, so yes I’m pretty familiar with the stuff.

Fair enough, it might actually enhance that beach.

[huge 3793]

We keep an old school rake like this to clear a path to the water when it gets bad at Crystal Beach.  The last time it was bad there were piles 2-3 feet high.