Sargassum

Wedding arch, chairs and floral decorations set up on a white-sand beach in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Workers and heavy machinery collect sargassum seaweed along a beach in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Specialized barges and screening machinery used by Grupo Palace to remove sargassum from beaches in Cancún, Quintana Roo
Piles of brown sargassum seaweed washed up along the shoreline of a Caribbean beach in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Sargassum seaweed covering a beach in Quintana Roo, Mexico
A sargassum-covered beach in Quintana Roo, where the CARIBS project will launch collaborative management efforts.
The Mexican Navy removes sargassum from a beach in Quintana Roo, where collection has reached a record level in 2026.
Sargassum seaweed piled on a Playa del Carmen beach as cleanup crews work to remove it.
Aerial view of Tulum's beach and hotel zone along the Caribbean coast
Large amounts of sargassum seaweed piled on a beach along the Mexican Caribbean coast.