Soooooo... I have heard that Cancun has the better water and beaches right now....any further down is murky and not as crystal clear.......can anyone confirm this? Have never been to the Caribbean side and want the clear water and white beaches or will just go to the pacific side Thanks!!!!!

This is Akumal, about an hour down the coast: https://www.locogringo.com/akumal-beach-webcam/
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Akumal is fantastic!

Cancun is on the Caribbean side. Stay that side. Pacific waters not so clear at all. Playa Del Carmen has beautiful waters n not so busy as Cancun depending on season.

PV side is awesome but the water is just not the blue green colour as the Cancun side ... but the people there are awesome! We love it there

Cancun though has clearer water right now than Playa area etc????

We have been there over the last few years - there is a lot of sea grass? Not too sure how it is doing this year? We have found some nice places to play in the water through PV. Friends love M ...

Geri SO MUCH SEA GRASS. I was in playa for a week and didn't hit the water once because of it

I think farther south of Cancun has nicer water. We always go to playa de Carmen or Tulum.

Malcolm the water was definitely more of that picture perfect blue farther down south.
If it’s the sea grass I’m not sure what area is worse

We were just at tulum at grand sirenis and it was perfectly clear

Dorna
This is where we stayed one time and I loved the beach there. Didn’t love the food but beach absolutely loved

Grand Sirenis is a great resort. The lazy river is wonderful

Has the seaweed stopped coming ashore in Cancun?

My understanding is the sargasm ( sea grass ) is worse in the late spring through rainy season. This is the best time of year for clear blue water. I go every year beginning of May and it’s been bad the last 7 years.
Resorts are generally very safe. If you like ocean, Ocean Turquesa & Coral has one of the widest stretches of beach of any hotel and you can walk for miles south to the next town. Sand is great. Resort has just been renovated.

And this hotel is only 20 mins from the Cancun Airport.

I just came back from Cancun. No seaweed at all. Stayed at resort that was in middle of the ‘7’.

In playa del Carmen right now- no sea grass, beaches are beautiful...water is clear except when a wave churns up the sand

Jodi go to St Lucia. Beautiful as well

We are about 30-40 min away from Cancun and beach and water has lots of seaweed ... Similar to the last few times we have been here. I have heard Cancun beaches are much clearer!

Just came back from Grand serinis at Akumal and the water was clear

Hmmm... well I went to the Cancun side because everyone calls it the Caribbean. When people asked me what I thought of it I could only reply "if people think that water is blue and the sand is white then they haven't been to the real Caribbean." Photo attached of the Virgin Islands Caribbean so you can see why I was so under-enthused by the Caribbean side of Mexico. Specifically the water on that side of Mexico didn't come close to this shade of blue, at least not in person. Given the time to fly to that side, I would spend my time on the west coast of Mexico.

Brenda Good to know. Been to PV and not a fan. Where on the pacific side do people recommend?

Do you like Hualtuco better than pv?

Los cabos was nice:)

Jessica Atreides

im here now close to playa del carmen and NO seaweed!

Tulum grand sirenis resort, last week

Go anywhere there are no resorts

Anywhere in the Caribbean is a good time
Niece just got back from Cancun, it was her first time and the water was clear and stunningly beautiful
certainly, when you are in that area go for a day trip to Playa Del Carmen and Tulum. Another fun day trip is to take the ferry from Cancun to Isla Mujuires, rent a golf cart and drive around the island, stopping for lunch and dinner, then take the last ferry back, a really fun day
Have a great new experience

I second Isla Mujeres off Cancun, they also have bike rentals for riding around.
Good bus tours to Chichen Itza and even further is Uxmal that I liked better than Chichen because it wasn't as touristy.

This pictures is taken last month in Cancun you can see that the water nice and clear no seaweed.

Masooda what resort is this off of?