What beaches in Florida have seaweed?

The seaweed also contains tiny sea creatures, such as jellyfish larvae, that can irritate your skin on contact.
  • Sargassum seaweed at South Beach Park in Vero Beach, Florida.
  • Sargassum seaweed at Avalon State Park in Fort Pierce, Florida.
  • Sargassum seaweed at Pepper Park Beachside in Fort Pierce, Florida.




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Lewis provided several photos with his email, showing dense swaths of seaweed at Beach Access 13 on Siesta Key, the southernmost pathway to the beach on that barrier island. The largest portion of the material was right at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, as shown in those photos.

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At this time, red tide is not present on St. Pete/Clearwater's beaches. Although many national news outlets reported about a massive seaweed or sargassum blob coming to Florida this summer, this is not affecting the beaches of St. Pete/Clearwater in any way.

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Atlantic Beaches (North to South)
  • Jacksonville Beach (surfguru.com)
  • St. Augustine Beach (surfstationcam)
  • Flagler Beach Pier.
  • Ormond by the Sea.
  • Daytona Beach.
  • New Smyrna Beach.
  • Cocoa Beach (Jetty Park)
  • Cocoa Beach.


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As a result of this, Fort Lauderdale crews are out daily, scooping up the fresh sargassum from the beaches. They take truckloads of it to a park where the city repurposes it and by the time it decomposes, it has very little smell and becomes fertile soil.

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Sargassum is a type of brown seaweed that is washing up on beaches in Florida. As it rots, it gives off a substance called hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide has a very unpleasant odor, like rotten eggs.

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Sargassum season in the Mexican Caribbean typically runs from May through October, with July and August generally being the worst months for its arrival.

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In Mexico, sargassum seaweed season is generally between May and October each year. If you travel to the Caribbean coast of Mexico outside of that time period you can generally avoid large mats of seaweed on the beaches. Cancun to Tulum seaweed map in March 2022.

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Substantial sargassum is expected in June in both the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, according to the May report from the University of South Florida. That's no surprise to beachgoers who have been seeing the smelly seaweed on Florida beaches from Pensacola to Brevard County.

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No, there is no seaweed blob on our beautiful beaches. St. Pete/Clearwater is known for its pristine sugar sands and clear, light green Gulf waters.

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