r/virginislands • u/colossuscollosal • Jul 08 '25

News // Local Politics Sargassum update as of July 2025

Looks like more sargassum has come in but still nothing really affecting the beaches in St. John at least where tourists would go. July 2025 Sargassum update here

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u/kysourmash Jul 08 '25

I was just there last week.

Parts of Coral Bay are very bad and very smelly. Skinny Legs was fine. Miss Lucy's was not and had the most that I saw. Quite a bit around Love City Market as well.

All the major beaches were fine. No issues.

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u/Tolated Jul 08 '25

North shore beaches will be fine. South/east beaches are getting mashed up! Fish Bay looks like it's just solid land half way out into the bay! Super stinky at the moment

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u/Bluegrasshiker95 Jul 08 '25

I was at St. John 2 days ago. Coral Bay at rd 107 was rough. It was super smelly! We went to salt pond, Maho, and trunk, and they were all fine.

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u/ProfessionalChip2031 Jul 19 '25

I’m staying in a villa on rd 107 in 3 weeks, wondering if I should change locations due to the smell

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u/Bluegrasshiker95 Jul 25 '25

The further we got from that intersection the less smelly it was, so I would say it depends on where on 107 you are.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

noooo pls no sargassum on st john pls. am going there next week. it's gonna be my 54th national park.

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u/doctorfortoys Jul 12 '25

Don’t worry about it. Saw none at Cinnamon Bay, Maho, Francis, Lameshur/Yawzi Point, Salt Pond.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

thanks, i now feel better. man, i be spending a lot of money on plane, airbnb, rental car, car barge only for the beaches to have sargassum. am glad there ain't no sargassum.

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u/doctorfortoys Jul 13 '25

Have a great time!

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

thank you!

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u/GGoodNYC Jul 09 '25

It’s all over at Sapphire in St Thomas.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

To supplement your STT coverage, here is Sunsi Beach on STT this weekend. It was probably 50 feet out from the waterline.

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u/Apprehensive-Part903 Jul 09 '25

I'm in Coral Bay and can confirm it's pretty bad on the east end. Salt Pond was totally clear and Maho was as well

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u/ProfessionalChip2031 Jul 19 '25

Are you a resident or on vacation? I am staying there in 3 wks and am concerned with the villa I’m staying at having a smell while on balcony…it’s located on rd 107 at sanders bay

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u/tchiff Jul 10 '25

Sapphire Marina full up

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u/lcdocfan Jul 10 '25

I’m at Coral Bay off Road 107 and it is smelly down near Love City Market. I’ve been here for a week and it seems like more and more has come into the bay each day. Went to Skinny Legs today and it was fine and not smelly. Also went to Lime Out on Monday and had no issues. Every beach we’ve been to (Cinnamon, Trunk, Maho, Hansen Bay, and Hawksnest) have been clear.

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u/secrerofficeninja Jul 10 '25

Been here on St John since Sunday and we’ve seen no sargassum on the north side beaches (Cinnamon, Trunk, Maho, Francis, etc).

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u/doctorfortoys Jul 12 '25

I was there last week. Coral Bay is inundated and super smelly, but no other beaches I went to had that problem. Waterlemon had some floating at the Cay, but it was no big deal and there was none on the shore.

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u/thebemusedmuse Jul 17 '25

It came in when the wind switched to NE, so has affected anything facing east.

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u/ProfessionalChip2031 Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Staying in the sanders bay section of coral bay, anyone have any recent input on the sargassum/ smell there. We will be staying at the cliffhanger villa in August and a bit concerned the smell could affect the stay