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USVI: Virgin Islands to Expect Another Year of Heavy Sargassum in 2026, DPNR Warns
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St. Croix, USVI- Virgin Islands residents and coastal businesses are being advised to prepare for what officials expect will be another year of heavy sargassum accumulation along local shorelines, following new scientific assessments indicating elevated levels across the Caribbean and Atlantic heading into 2026.
Influx of Sargassum could continue for days or weeks
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The influx of Sargassum seaweed may continue over the coming days and even weeks, a Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change press release on Friday, August 1, 2025, has advised.
Caribbean, Mexico fighting sargassum with heavy-duty machines
TRAVEL WEEKLY
Two companies, one U.S.-based and the other French, recently found themselves in the front lines in the battle to rid beaches of sargassum, the stinky, brown, ugly masses of floating seaweed that are carpeting the shorelines of popular destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
VG residents complain of seaweed stench & taste in tap water
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Over the past few days residents of Virgin Gorda have been flooding social media with complaints and concerns about the quality of water they have been receiving through their taps and have been calling on the relevant authorities to step in and have it addressed in short order.
Seaweed invades the VI!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands, like many other islands in the Caribbean, is being visited by a not so welcomed guest. Depending on where you are, you're more likely to smell it before setting eyes on it.
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