Aerial illustration of Playacar Palace, Playa del Carmen (Playa Xamanha beach), Mexican Caribbean

Sargassum at Playacar Palace

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Still current today, October 14 Next update: in 3 days

Current sargassum index:

LOW

Level 2 / 6

27 m² of sargassum detected

Is there sargassum at Playacar Palace today?

In our satellite observation of October 12, 2026 we estimated roughly 27 m² of possible sargassum off Playacar Palace, about 120 meters from the shore at Playa Xamanha.  Sargassum in front of Playacar Palace held steady versus our previous observation, on Wednesday, October 7.

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Sargassum status — Playacar Palace

Sargassum level today: Low

We detected no sargassum across 170 m. of monitored frontage

1 sargassum patch detected near the hotel

Sargassum in cone
27 m²

beach 27 m² water 0 m²

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Recent observation record

In front of Playacar Palace, no clean observations, level low in 2 of 3.

  1. Low
  2. Low
  3. Unobservable
  4. Abundant
  5. Unobservable

Each point is a satellite observation of Playacar Palace's own sea frontage, not the whole beach. Days with no usable image due to cloud appear as "Unobservable".

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