A couple walks among seaweed on Fort Lauderdale beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Seaweed lines the shore of Fort Lauderdale beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
A family swims among seaweed on Fort Lauderdale beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Seaweed lines the shore of Fort Lauderdale beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Enrique Eney uses a rake to help clear a path through the sargassum seaweed into the ocean on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. He said he was clearing the path to make it easier for his husband and his neighbors to access the water. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Beachgoers deal with the heavy amount of sargassum seaweed that washed ashore on Hollywood Beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Waves of sargassum seaweed wash ashore on Hollywood Beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Waves of sargassum seaweed wash ashore on Hollywood Beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Beachgoers deal with the heavy amount of sargassum seaweed that washed ashore on Hollywood Beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Waves of sargassum seaweed wash ashore on Hollywood Beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
From the south end of Hollywood Beach looking north, sargassum seaweed lines the shore on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Tractors from the City of Fort Lauderdale plow under sargassum seaweed on Fort Lauderdale Beach on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The seaweed is normally removed with beach rakes attached to the tractors, but because of the volume, it is being plowed under the sand. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
A paddleboarder carries his board over sargassum seaweed on Fort Lauderdale Beach on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Tractors from the City of Fort Lauderdale plow under sargassum seaweed on Fort Lauderdale Beach on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The seaweed is normally removed with beach rakes attached to the tractors, but because of the volume, it is being plowed under the sand. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Tractors from the City of Fort Lauderdale plow under sargassum seaweed on Fort Lauderdale Beach on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The seaweed is normally removed with beach rakes attached to the tractors, but because of the volume, it is being plowed under the sand. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Tractors from the City of Fort Lauderdale plow under sargassum seaweed on Fort Lauderdale Beach, Thursday, May 28, 2026. The seaweed in normally removed with beach rakes attached to the tractors but because of the volume it is being plowed under the sand. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Al and Cherie Rechka play Kadima in the sargassum seaweed accumulating on the shore at Ocean Inlet Park in the Town of Ocean Ridge on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Sargassum seaweed accumulates on the shore next to the Boynton Inlet Pier on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
A beachgoer wades in the sargassum seaweed accumulating on the shore at Ocean Inlet Park in the Town of Ocean Ridge on Friday, May 22, 2026. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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A couple walks among seaweed on Fort Lauderdale beach on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)