{"id":4685,"date":"2025-01-10T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:57:03","slug":"sargassum-2025-a-decisive-year-for-the-atlantic-and-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/en\/sargassum-2025-a-decisive-year-for-the-atlantic-and-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Sargassum 2025: A Decisive Year for the Atlantic and the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3026197241\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ee6c627c alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-9cb15f92\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USF-COOL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USF-COOL.jpeg 164w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USF-COOL-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-b19b3710\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NASA-NOAA-UNITED-STATES-ENVIRONMENTAL-PROTECTION-AGENCY.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NASA-NOAA-UNITED-STATES-ENVIRONMENTAL-PROTECTION-AGENCY.jpeg 289w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NASA-NOAA-UNITED-STATES-ENVIRONMENTAL-PROTECTION-AGENCY-18x7.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-c16a7153 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p><strong>Outlook of 2025 Sargassum blooms<\/strong><br>A perspective for the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico<br>January 6, 2025, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab<br>(bbarnes4@usf.edu, yuyuan@usf.edu, huc@usf.edu)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a9a6eb99 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p>The map below shows average Sargassum abundance for the month of December 2024, with warm colors representing higher abundance. The Sargassum abundance for each region is compared with historical values in the same month of 2011 \u2013 2023 in the whisker box plot below, where horizontal bars in each vertical box indicate minimum, 25%, 50%, 75%, and maximal historical values, respectively. Total Sargassum amount in the Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, and eastern Caribbean Sea continued to remain negligible in December, but increased substantially in the western Atlantic and eastern Atlantic, with the increases way over our \u201cslight increase\u201d prediction. In particular, a 6-fold increase was found in the western Atlantic, a result of east-west transport and local growth. Compared to most previous years since 2011, Sargassum amount in the western Atlantic and eastern Atlantic as well as in the combined region all exceeded each region\u2019s 75 percentile. During the last week of December, small amounts of Sargassum already reached the Lesser Antilles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sargassum-tons-2011-2024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sargassum-tons-2011-2024.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sargassum-tons-2011-2024-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sargassum-tons-2011-2024-18x12.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3026197241\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-256ae1c6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p><strong>Looking ahead 2025 :<\/strong> As in most previous years, January is expected to see increased Sargassum from December. Likewise, more Sargassum is expected to be around the Lesser Antilles and in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Sargassum in the western Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico will likely remain very low. However, because of the relatively high amounts of Sargassum in the tropical Atlantic, 2025 is likely another major Sargassum year. We will closely monitor and track Sargassum throughout the central Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For your information, the daily images provided by SAWS, nearly in real time, are available for viewing as soon as they are updated on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/en\/map-of-sargassum-from-usf-saws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sargassum Monitoring<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/map-sargassum-2024-sargassum-monitoring-1024x388.jpeg\" alt=\"Sargassum 2025 Decisive Year as we see the images of 2024\" class=\"wp-image-4689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/map-sargassum-2024-sargassum-monitoring-1024x388.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/map-sargassum-2024-sargassum-monitoring-300x114.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/map-sargassum-2024-sargassum-monitoring-768x291.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/map-sargassum-2024-sargassum-monitoring-18x7.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/sargassummonitoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/map-sargassum-2024-sargassum-monitoring.jpeg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer: The information bulletin is meant to provide a general outlook of current bloom condition and future bloom probability for the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. By no means should it be used for commercial purpose, or used for predicting bloom conditions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8448343880170654\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3026197241\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outlook of 2025 Sargassum bloomsA perspective for the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of MexicoJanuary 6, 2025, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab(bbarnes4@usf.edu, yuyuan@usf.edu, huc@usf.edu) The map below shows average Sargassum abundance for the month of December 2024, with warm colors representing higher abundance. 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