Sargassum at Playa El Placer
Current sargassum index:
BROWN TIDE
Level 6 / 6
73 % of coastline with sargassum
Current sargassum status at Playa El Placer
From the October 7, 2026 satellite imagery, our detector flagged brown tide at Playa El Placer. Sargassum at Playa El Placer rose from 0 m² to 221,406 m² versus our previous observation, on Friday, October 2.
Playa El Placer is the fourth most affected beach in Costa Maya.
Satellite image and current status of Playa El Placer
Sargassum level today: Brown tide
Approx. 6.7 km. of coastline covered(73 % of 9.3 km.)
- Total on the beach
- 221,406 m²
- Largest patch
- 43,900 m²
Recent observation record
At Playa El Placer, no clean observations, level brown tide in 3 of 4.
- Brown tide
- Unobservable
- Brown tide
- Excessive
- Brown tide
Each point is a satellite observation of Playa El Placer. Days with no usable image due to cloud appear as "Unobservable".
