Giant Seaweed Blob Heading For Florida

Forget the flip flops, you might need goulashes to make your way to the beach in the coming days and weeks. At least some of that 5,000 mile long a...

March 22, 2023
3:58 AM

Forget the flip flops, you might need goulashes to make your way to the beach in the coming days and weeks. At least some of that 5,000 mile long and 300 mile wide blob of brown seaweed in the tropical Atlantic could be making its way to South Florida shores and up to Brevard County. "We could see some areas on the East Coast of Florida where even if there aren't beach closures, you perhaps would not want to swim in all that sargassum, if you could even get to the water," says Florida Atlantic University Professor Brian LaPoint.

Erica Rodriguez