Mara Lezama, Governor of Quintana Roo, introduced that the 2025 sargassum season seems to be winding down forward of schedule.
Up to now, the state has collected roughly 120,000 tons of the brown seaweed alongside its shores. Cleanup efforts proceed as coastal groups stay vigilant for lingering influxes.
Based on the Secretaría de Marina, throughout the week of October 11 – 17, 188.4 tons of sargassum have been faraway from the seaside at Mahahual. This operation concerned 74 Navy personnel and 80 civilians — together with native enterprise homeowners, restaurateurs, and repair suppliers from the port — supported by specialised equipment and tools.
Talking on logistics, a Navy official detailed:
“We have now an ocean-going vessel with a 250-ton capability, 11 sargassum harvesting vessels with a capability of 20 tons every, 22 smaller vessels, 9,500 linear meters of sargassum obstacles put in, and an extra 7,500 meters deliberate for 2026.”
In the meantime, Esteban Amaro, Director of the Quintana Roo Sargassum Monitoring Middle, reported a pointy drop in landings in current weeks:
“For nearly two weeks now, we’ve got seen a big lower within the quantity of sargassum arriving within the Mexican Caribbean. It’s a very noticeable lower.”
He added: “As of the final quantity I’ve, we have been above the 100,000 tons collected on the finish of August with an extra estimated 20,000 tons collected in September.”
Based on the Red de Monitoreo del Sargazo de Quintana Roo (RMSQR), 88 out of 100 monitored seashores alongside the North coast of Quintana Roo are at the moment free of serious sargassum landings.
Within the South Coast of Quintana Roo, the quantities of Sargassum are nonetheless important.
The RMSQR, a citizen-science community that gathers real-time studies and satellite tv for pc knowledge on macro-algae incursions, works in collaboration with authorities companies, native resorts and educational companions to trace, inform and alert about sargassum arrival and beach-impact tendencies.
This optimistic pattern is echoed by studies from the Facebook group Mexico Sargassum Seaweed Updates (Cancun, PDC, Tulum, etc.), the place current pictures and traveler accounts equally point out that almost all seashores within the Riviera Maya—from Cancun to Tulum—are largely away from sargassum.
Collectively, these unbiased observations reinforce the evaluation that seaweed ranges throughout Quintana Roo have fallen sharply in current weeks, providing a welcome reprieve for residents, companies, and guests alike.
