Aerial illustration of The Fives Beach Hotel, Playa del Carmen (Playa Xcalacoco beach), Mexican Caribbean

Sargassum at The Fives Beach Hotel

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

Current sargassum index:

MODERATE

Level 3 / 6

471 m² of sargassum detected

Is there sargassum at The Fives Beach Hotel today?

From the October 12, 2026 satellite imagery, our detector flagged roughly 471 m² of patches consistent with sargassum off The Fives Beach Hotel, about 80 meters from the shore at Playa Xcalacoco.  Sargassum appeared in front of The Fives Beach Hotel, absent in our previous observation, on Wednesday, October 7.

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Satellite image and current status of The Fives Beach Hotel

Sargassum status — The Fives Beach Hotel

Sargassum level today: Moderate

Approx. 40 m. of beach covered(22 % of 180 m.)

1 sargassum patch detected near the hotel

Sargassum in cone
471 m²

beach 469 m² water 2 m²

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Recent observation record

In front of The Fives Beach Hotel, no clean observations, level moderate in 1 of 1.

  1. Moderate
  2. Unobservable
  3. Unobservable
  4. Unobservable
  5. Unobservable

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

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