The Seaweed That Ate Florida
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (86443)
Daytona Beach, Florida
May 13, 2025 2:54pm CST
Added to the list of what to be aware of in Florida is now seaweed. A record setting sargassum seaweed blob is moving across the Eastern Caribbean sea and West Atlantic heading toward South Florida. The complete seaweed belt stretches more than 5,000 miles from the Atlantic right off the coast of Africa into the Gulf.
With this seaweed washing up on beaches you might find you cannot see the sand just seaweed as far as the eye can see. What do you think? Maybe laying on a bed of seaweed might not be so bad but I think it probably smells.
https://patch.com/florida/orlando/s/jbrsi/massive-sargassum-seaweed-bloom-moving-toward-south-fl-researchers?utm
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@allknowing (148514)
• India
14 May
Has anyone tried to see if this sea weed is edible?
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@allknowing however they are saying this is stinky seaweed and any kind must be harvested from clean waters
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@Ineeddentures (7133)
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13 May
I'm sure that these days this seaweed could be farmed and used..
I quite like seaweed.
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
@Ineeddentures in Latvia they sold large quantities of seaweed for salads and such at the market
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
@Ineeddentures how about kilts made out of seaweed?
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@Ineeddentures (7133)
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13 May
@RasmaSandra
I don't think seaweed is wasted here - it makes good food for the garden and we Scots seem to eat a lot of it.
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@much2say (57651)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May
@RasmaSandra I wonder where they will put all that seaweed when they clean it up 
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 May
@much2say I would say it would be ideal if it could be used for fertilizer
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
@much2say I don't know about this seaweed but more is coming and the cleanup will take some time,
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@DaddyEvil (152087)
• United States
14 May
I'm positive it will stink as the seaweed starts to rot... I feel sorry for all the people who live close to those beaches.
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@DaddyEvil (152087)
• United States
15 May
@RasmaSandra True... The hotter the weather, the faster the seaweed will rot and stink.
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@DaddyEvil summer is coming with beach weather too
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 May
I would not wish any seaweed on a beach.
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@Deepizzaguy they are going to have problems
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 May
@RasmaSandra I know what you mean since seaweed on a beach is bad news.
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@2ndchances24 (10595)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
13 May
That's something we never had happen when
we use to live in Fla back in the early 2000.
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@2ndchances24 just not good at all and more coming
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@2ndchances24 (10595)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
15 May
@RasmaSandra That's crazy, I heard that this year is going to be
a busy & rough hurricane season so I'm sure glad that I don't live
in fla any more.
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
@AmbiePam that is only one beach there is more coming.
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@snowy22315 (191960)
• United States
13 May
I believe they had this problem last year as well. People seemed to cope
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
@snowy22315 perhaps someone will figure out how to clean the seaweed and use it for salads,
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@snowy22315 (191960)
• United States
13 May
@RasmaSandra or just dry it and use it for snacks and sushi wraps like they do now
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@Tamps_girl7 and that is a photo of only one beach there are more. They're saying it's stinky seaweed.
@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@wolfgirl569 perhaps people will be willing to volunteer to help clean up since summer beach weather is coming
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@JudyEv they say stinky and must be harvested from clean waters to eat and i doubt if this is clean seaweed
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@Metsrock69 (3618)
• United States
13 May
It happens once or twice a year on the east coast near long island sound
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May
@Metsrock69 what do they do with the seaweed gather it up?
@LindaOHio (192981)
• United States
13 May
Yes, I'm sure the smell is really bad.
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@RasmaSandra (86443)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@LindaOHio time for clean up for sure
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