seaweed

How's the water? We're heading down next week. Ellen

I wonder what we can do to get our seaweed raked from our beaches. Mexico Beach has tractors that run daily when its bad there.

Why the heck would you want to rake the seaweed?

The Sargassum Grass is natural and good. It offers protection for essential small marine life and offers nutrients and stability for the sand dunes when it washes up. Yes, it can be a little messy, but nature is that way.

On the other hand, that darn green June Grass...

Yes, leave the grass. The beaches look the way they do now because the grass has shown up for thousands of years. We must admire how nature works and stop changing it to suit us.

Yes, leave the grass. The beaches look the way they do now because the grass has shown up for thousands of years. We must admire how nature works and stop changing it to suit us.

Amen!

It makes a nice wig.

I have seen some great uses for seaweed on the beach. Instead of writing in the sand, people are making giant letters out of seaweed to spell out funny things- fun to see when you are standing up on one of the accesses. We also used to make sand people and the seaweed is the crazy hair and beards. Also, stand out in the water and pick up clumps of seaweed and look closely- there are sometimes critters hiding in there, like little fish and crabs.

Sargassum is good as a loofah for feet if it has a little sand mixed in it.

Sargassum is good as a loofah for feet if it has a little sand mixed in it.

Oh my, have you opened a pedicure hut at the beach? 😉

I have seen some great uses for seaweed on the beach. Instead of writing in the sand, people are making giant letters out of seaweed to spell out funny things- fun to see when you are standing up on one of the accesses. We also used to make sand people and the seaweed is the crazy hair and beards. Also, stand out in the water and pick up clumps of seaweed and look closely- there are sometimes critters hiding in there, like little fish and crabs.

Careful! The Society For the Prevention of Seaweed Abuse (SPSA) may read this. :ninja:

Oh my, have you opened a pedicure hut at the beach? 😉

Hmm, that's an idea!

Careful! The Society For the Prevention of Seaweed Abuse (SPSA) may read this. :ninja:

I just want one of BeachSiO2's pedis.

I just want one of BeachSiO2's pedis.

You bringing the Dargarita's?

You bringing the Dargarita's?

Of course.

If you don't want to experience all nature has to offer, swim in the pool, not the Gulf.

It's different if it is your one week vacation to enjoy the beach. If you are fortunate to live there, you can pick and choose your beach days.
30a has a lot going so it's not a show stopper, but again, if you have the one week at the beach and people can't get in the water, we might go elsewhere or stay at home.
During spring break or a winter visit, you can't get into the cold water and you do other things which is why we have sometimes come down during that time. We'd ride our bikes longer and often, walk, eat out, etc.
But playing in the water is so much fun and if your one week is a bust....
Counting down. Looks like a lot of rain right now. We'll adjust if that happens....
Ellen

Quite right, Ellen. But this thread is about raking the seaweed from the beach. That has nothing to do with one's ability to get in the water and play, unless one is so squeamish one can't walk through a little seaweed to get to the water. If that's the case, why even go to the beach?

The seaweed is a temporary thing. According to everthing I've been told, it re-nourishes the beach. Trust me, they will return to their pristine beauty shortly.