Sargassum in Guadeloupe: today’s beach map & forecast

The map below shows today’s status for every monitored beach, with a colored dot from green (clear) to black (evacuated zone). Turn on the “Offshore sargassum” layer to see the satellite-detected rafts drifting off the archipelago — handy to anticipate landings over the next few days depending on currents and trade winds.

Beach status today

• 0

  Grande-Anse · Deshaies

  Clear — All good

• 0

  Petite Anse · Pointe-Noire

  Clear — Pristine

• 0

  Plage de Malendure · Bouillante

  Clear — All good

• 1

  Plage de la Perle · Deshaies

  Clear — Clean

• 1

  Anse Rifflet · Deshaies

  Clear — Mellow

• 1

  Anse à la Barque · Vieux-Habitants

  Clear — Mellow

• 1

  Plage de Cluny · Sainte-Rose

  Clear — All good

• 1

  Plage de Nogent · Sainte-Rose

  Clear — Clean

• 1

  Plage de Babin · Morne-à-l'Eau

  Clear — Mellow

• 1

  Plage de Rivière-Sens · Gourbeyre

  Clear — All good

• 1

  Petit-Havre · Le Gosier

  Clear — Some weed

• 1

  Anse Souffleur · Port-Louis

  Clear — All good

• 1

  Plage de la Chapelle · Anse-Bertrand

  Clear — Clean

• 1

  Anse Canot · Saint-Louis (Marie-Galante)

  Clear — All good

• 1

  Plage de Vieux-Fort · Saint-Louis (Marie-Galante)

  Clear — Clean

• 1

  Plage de Folle Anse · Grand-Bourg (Marie-Galante)

  Clear — Mellow

• 1

  Grande Anse · Terre-de-Bas (Les Saintes)

  Clear — All good

• 1

  Anse de Mays / Moustique · Saint-Louis (Marie-Galante)

  Clear — Clean

• 2

  Petite Anse · Bouillante

  Light — Clean

• 2

  Plage de la Datcha · Le Gosier

  Light — Visible weed

• 2

  Plage du Bas du Fort · Le Gosier

  Light — Swimmable

• 2

  Plage de Petite Anse · Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante

  Light — Some weed

• 2

  Anse Feuillère · Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante

  Light — Swimmable

• 2

  Plage de Pompierre · Terre-de-Haut (Les Saintes)

  Light — Swimmable

• 2

  Anse Crawen · Terre-de-Haut (Les Saintes)

  Light — Some weed

• 2

  Pain de Sucre · Terre-de-Haut (Les Saintes)

  Light — Swimmable

• 2

  Plage de la Feuillère · Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante

  Light — Some weed

• 3

  Grande Anse · Trois-Rivières

  Moderate — Piling up

• 3

  Plage du Bourg · Sainte-Anne

  Moderate — Visible weed

• 3

  Anse à la Gourde · Saint-François

  Moderate — Swimmable

• 3

  Plage des Salines · Saint-François

  Moderate — Some weed

• 3

  Anse Maurice · Petit-Canal

  Moderate — Visible weed

• 3

  Plage de la Petite Rivière · La Désirade

  Moderate — Calmer

• 3

  Plage du Souffleur · La Désirade

  Moderate — Swimmable

• 3

  Anse Fifi · La Désirade

  Moderate — Some weed

• 4

  Plage de Roseau · Capesterre-Belle-Eau

  Heavy — Clogged

• 4

  Plage de l'Étang · Capesterre-Belle-Eau

  Heavy — Trainwreck

• 4

  Plage de la Caravelle · Sainte-Anne

  Heavy — Piling up

• 4

  Plage du Helleux (Anse à la Barque) · Sainte-Anne

  Heavy — Coming in

• 4

  Plage des Raisins-Clairs · Saint-François

  Heavy — Visible weed

• 4

  Plage de l'Anse à l'Eau · Saint-François

  Heavy — Piling up

• 4

  Anse Champagne · Saint-François

  Heavy — Visible weed

• 4

  Plage de la Douche · Saint-François

  Heavy — Coming in

• 4

  Plage de Montal · Le Moule

  Heavy — Clogged

• 5

  Plage de Viard · Petit-Bourg

  Evacuated — Shit's bad

• 5

  Plage de l'Autre Bord · Le Moule

  Evacuated — Shit's bad

Landings mainly hit the windward, Atlantic-facing coasts: the south coast of Grande-Terre (Sainte-Anne, Saint-François, Raisins-Clairs), the east coast of Basse-Terre (Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Trois-Rivières) and the head of the Cul-de-Sac Marin (Petit-Bourg, Sainte-Rose).

The Caribbean (leeward) coasts are usually the most reliable fallback: Deshaies (Grande-Anse), Pointe-Noire and Malendure in Bouillante are generally spared. Marie-Galante, Les Saintes and La Désirade vary with the incoming rafts.

Each beach gets a 0-to-5 score and a color. Green (0-1): clear, go for it. Yellow (2): some seaweed, swimmable but not perfect. Orange (3): moderate landing, visibly present. Red (4): heavy landing, it stinks, avoid. Black (5): evacuated zone, stay away. A smell index (none / light / strong) completes the score, because the rotting smell is often what ruins the outing.

Sargassum landings mostly occur from March to October, often peaking between April and August. But nothing is fixed: it all depends on the rafts drifting in from the tropical Atlantic, the currents and the wind direction. A clean beach one morning can receive a landing 48 hours later — which is why a daily update beats a seasonal average.

Every day FanGass reads the official monitoring bulletins (Météo-France Guadeloupe and their maps, NOAA AOML, the University of South Florida monthly outlook, regional bulletins), cross-checks them against satellite imagery of the offshore rafts, then distills it all into a clear per-beach score. On-the-ground reports from users adjust the scores live when several reports agree. The service is free, offered by the Katchak agency.