In August this year, we in Jamaica also had huge mats of Sargassum off the south coast. It was after consistenly choppy/rough weather but not necessarily associated with rains. See link below for a picture taken on August 1, 2014. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ruv6bg88dn5y59/IMG_5561.JPG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/u3rzkwmikw078j2/IMG_5560.JPG?dl=0 Ivana Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Richard Nemeth Date: 19/09/2014 10:30 AM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GCFINET] asking about Saargassum Providing Information Exchange among Users of Marine Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region Martha, we have been seeing large mats of sargassum in usvi but rain has been normal [...]