Sargassum at Treasure Cay Beach: today's conditions
Clear
All good
Treasure Cay Beach curves in a long crescent of powder-fine sand on Great Abaco, at the heart of a resort community built around its marina. Families and boaters share it, and many check the water before walking down.
Day to day, this page keeps score: a 0 to 5 score refreshed every morning, a map placing the crescent within the Abacos zone, and enough detail to know whether the water is clear, filaments are drifting offshore or the tide line woke up loaded.
Treasure Cay Beach on the sargassum map
What to know about this beach
Facing north-east, the beach looks onto the Sea of Abaco, the inner waterway that the barrier cays wall off from the open Atlantic. Rafts riding the easterly flow hit the ocean side of those cays first: Garbanzo Beach on Elbow Cay takes the brunt long before anything reaches Treasure Cay.
Structural shelter is not a sealed door. The passes between the cays can let patches slip through when easterly winds hold for days, and such a regular crescent tends to keep what enters the bay. Tahiti Beach, in the same zone, enjoys a similar lagoon-side calm.
Frequently asked questions
Does Treasure Cay Beach get much sargassum?
Rarely in bulk. The beach faces the Sea of Abaco, screened from the ocean by barrier cays that intercept most rafts. Isolated patches can still slip through the passes on windy spells.
How can weed reach the crescent at all?
Through the gaps between the cays, usually after several days of steady easterly wind. Whatever enters the inner waterway can then settle on the sand and linger until the sea carries it off.
Which beach in the zone reacts first?
The ocean face of the barrier cays, Garbanzo Beach first among them: it absorbs the flow before anyone else. If its rating climbs while Treasure Cay stays calm, keep an eye on the sector the next day.
Is the morning rating enough to plan the day?
For most purposes, yes: it is rebuilt each morning from the latest satellite imagery and sums up the crescent and its sector. When in doubt, the map shows where the rafts are coming from.