Sargassum seaweed photos, video in Florida: Blobs on shore, in water, piled up high
Floridians know sargassum seaweed like Northerners know snow.
You can't avoid it. Sometimes you shovel it out of the way with your foot.
While the clumps of sargassum seaweed are not toxic, they tend to smell like rotten eggs as they decay. The stench can be unbearable.
On some beaches in Florida, the "blobs" of crunchy, dry, brown stinky seaweed are fairly large. In one of our photo galleries below, you'll see a small "mountain" of sargassum seaweed, and a black dog posing next to it. It's in the water, on the shore, surrounding beachgoers who just want to play in the sand.
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Instagram-worthy pics: Sargassum seaweed 'blobs' at Florida beaches
Below is a roundup of photo galleries and archive videos from USA TODAY Network-Florida sites from newspapers in the Panhandle to Southwest Florida to the East Coast and South Florida. Our visuals paint quite a picture of the ickiness and reality of sargassum seaweed on our shores.
Photos of sargassum seaweed in Florida
Prepare yourself. Sargassum seaweed spotted in Florida. Here's where it's going and when it will be worst
Key West, Florida
Ormond Beach, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Bathtub Beach, Florida
Fort Pierce, Florida
Palm Beach, Florida
Seaweed season? Giant mats of seaweed lurk off Florida coast and have beached in spurts but will peak soon
Miami Beach, Florida
Naples Beach, Florida
Panama City Beach, Florida
Oy! Sargassum, a smelly seaweed, may be coming soon to a Gulf beach near you. What to know about it
Beyond Florida: Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean, Barbados
Contributing: George Petras, Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY
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This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Florida sargassum seaweed blobs: Best photos, videos from the beaches
