Where to go to avoid sargassum, month by month

Every destination below, rated by NOAA's daily satellite risk across its whole coast and averaged for each month. NOAA's archive starts in July 2025, so July to October include two years and the other months one. Letters: L = Low, W = Warning, M = Medium, H = High.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bahamas (Nassau and west)	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L
Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao	L	W	W	H	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W
South Florida	L	L	L	W	M	M	M	W	M	W	L	L
Dominican Republic	W	W	L	M	M	H	H	H	H	M	W	W
Turks and Caicos	W	L	L	W	M	H	H	H	H	H	W	M
Belize (Ambergris Caye and coast)	M	H	H	H	M	M	H	M	H	M	L	L
Virgin Islands	L	L	M	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	L	L
Mexican Caribbean	M	W	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	L	L
Puerto Rico	W	L	W	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	W	W
Cayman Islands	M	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	M	L	L
Lesser Antilles	W	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	W	W
Jamaica	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	M	L	M

Low
Warning
Medium
High
No data

Within any destination, beaches facing west or tucked into bays usually get less than beaches facing the open Atlantic to the east. Check the daily pages before you go.

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