what does it mean when this beautiful tulum beach has tons of seaweed on it
you guys watched my videos and you asked me on instagram and i'm answering your top question
right now which is is this is it still worth going when and why does this happen
coming up oh that clip makes me so excited for my return trip to tulum and if you're new here
hola i'm christine with where in the world of ciel and i make travel videos every week to help
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in my girl this is hot flashes and boarding passes reporting for christine and that video was shot on
june 23 2021 and it's helpful to see what it looks like now but i know what you care about
which is when you specifically are there how are you going to know if it's bad so let's start
with some helpful resources the first resource is right here on facebook at red sargasso which is a
non-government organization that gives you updated information on the seaweed situation in the entire
cancun and mexican riviera area which includes tulum and so it's a great place to go to to find
up-to-date info on what the current situation is like the second tool i like to use is reddit
and it's a really great way to talk to people on the ground and get up-to-date info whether you're
asking a question or you're listening to someone else this person is asking is it possible to swim
in the ocean right now and they posted this 18 days ago which is the same time that my boy ebis
who met me in cancun i dropped tons of videos on that by the way he was in tulum at this time and
he wasn't able to swim in tulum at all it wasn't until he and i were on a holbox island together
that he finally got to go into the ocean but reddit is another great way to stay up
to date on what's going on right now and ask the community a question oh speaking of community add
in the comments below if you've ever experienced seaweed in tulum or elsewhere i was just in miami
the other weekend and the seaweed situation there is pretty thick right now as well and if you're
getting some value out of this video cheers that like button and consider subscribing all right
let's talk about my third resource which is simply heading over to instagram and looking at specific
locations and the current stories going on in that place think about all the places that you want to
be hanging out in in tulum and just go watch the current stories of what people are posting at that
spot let's talk about when this happens because 2021 according to this news article link in the
description below 2021 might be a lot of seaweed like record levels this year the thing to know
is that it tends to happen during the hottest months it's hot all the time in tulum but the
hottest months are may through october and that's when they tend to see the most amount of seaweed
so let's cut to stacy and see what it looks like now she asked me about the savings situation
she has tons of questions and i was just heading down to the beach and this is like
so what does it mean when there's a lot of seaweed so when i was there in november and
december this is what the beaches looked like when i was there and it was really
really beautiful when there's seaweed it means that obviously it looks different you saw it
from the videos but it also means it's difficult to swim out into the ocean and it also means it
kind of smells because when the seaweed washes ashore it rots and it doesn't smell amazing and
i know what you're gonna ask is it still worth going the answer is a hands down yes and it's
because tulum is such an amazing destination that provides so much more than just the beach here's
an example earlier this year i was in zanzibar tons of videos of that on my channel and when
i was in zanzibar i was at the beach i was in the ocean i was 100 of my time was spent at the beach
and if there was a seaweed situation there it would have completely changed the situation
but in tulum there is so much to do whether you're going to the cenotes and so many of
the cenotes are covered in caves and so even if it's raining outside and there's seaweed you can
still enjoy the cenotes or you can go to sion khan where you have the amazing lazy river that's not
the beach at all you're somewhere completely different or go explore all of the ruins or
now i'm just going to repeat my entire youtube playlist of tulum videos there's so much to do in
tulum so you should go plus you can still have a really great time drinking at the beach clubs even
without going into the water or an alternative idea go up to playa del carmen where you can
spend time at really beautiful pools i love staying at the hilton playa or like i just did
a couple weeks ago go to cancun you spend so much time indoors go enjoy the night life or make sure
you're just staying up to date on red sargasso and seeing where the seaweed is the worst and
elo mujeres is such a great option holbash island phenomenal videos on all of this on
my channel but go to tulu it's awesome really really awesome i hope you've gotten some value
out of this video make sure you cheers that like button and if you're if you're like me
and you like to geek out about understanding what are the volumes of siri why did this happen in the
first place what's the history of it and what's being done about it i've linked some interesting
articles below in particular one from the american association of advancement of science that's
really quite interesting ooh and as i'm planning my return to loom trip tell me in the comments if
you have any suggestions on things i should do or what you're planning for your own trip i'd love to
know i'm christine i'm here every week with new videos i hope to see you in the next one ciao