Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres: seaweed today? Sargassum and alerts

Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo

Playa Norte is it worth it today?

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About Playa Norte

By Equipe editorial GTM Labs · Updated 10/18/2026

Beach at the northern tip of Isla Mujeres, facing the Cancún coast and sheltered from the open sea. It has about a kilometer of white sand, calm water and a bottom that stays shallow for dozens of meters from shore. It is the best-known beach on the island and the one with the most services, a few minutes' walk from the ferry dock, and it is usually busy.

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Next 24 hours

Between 23° and 30°; rain most likely tomorrow around 15:00 (71%); strongest wind tomorrow around 04:00 (11 km/h).

Today · 21–02 hNow
Tonight
23–24°Partly cloudy
18%max rain
10 km/hmax wind
0.9 mwaves
Thu 29 · 03–08 h
Overnight
23–25°Partly cloudy
25%max rain
11 km/hmax wind
0.9 mwaves
Thu 29 · 09–14 h
Morning
27–30°Showers
70%max rain
11 km/hmax wind
0.8 mwaves
Thu 29 · 15–20 h
Afternoon
26–28°Drizzle
71%max rain
10 km/hmax wind
0.8 mwaves

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Frequently asked questions about Playa Norte

Can you swim at Playa Norte today?

Today's assessment (Wednesday, October 28) is “Good beach day”: no official warning in effect advises against it. Today at Playa Norte, the wind is light, the water is pleasant and the chance of rain is 4%. Waves estimated by the model, offshore: 0.9 m, period 5 s. This beach is sheltered (bay, cove or reef), so those waves do not weigh in the assessment. Playas Hoy cannot see flags, currents or lifeguards: at the beach, follow the flag and the lifeguard's instructions.

Is there sargassum at Playa Norte today?

Detected near the beach, 1.7 km away, in the image from 10/27/2026. This is a satellite detection by LANOT/UNAM (Sentinel-2 imagery), not a report from the beach.

Is there a hurricane, storm or tsunami alert for Playa Norte today?

As of today, Wednesday, October 28, no SMN, tropical cyclone (NHC) or tsunami warnings are in effect for this beach.

Is the water at Playa Norte suitable according to COFEPRIS?

In the latest COFEPRIS monitoring (Verano 2026, sampled from 06/16/2026 to 06/25/2026), every point at this beach was APTA (suitable). This is the result of a sampling campaign, not today's condition.

Verdict based on the sources on this page. It does not replace the instructions of the authorities at the beach.

Sources: Open-Meteo (model), Copernicus Marine (satellite), Mexican Navy Tsunami Warning Center (CAT-SEMAR), NOAA NTWC/PTWC and NHC. Warnings: Mexico's National Weather Service (SMN/CONAGUA), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Lightning: GLM (GOES) detections published by SMN. Air quality: NOM-172-SEMARNAT-2023 bands applied to CAMS model concentrations (Open-Meteo); not a monitoring station measurement. Tide: SMOC model estimate via Open-Meteo; not a tide gauge measurement. Times are approximate; do not use the curve for navigation. Next 24 hours: model forecast (Open-Meteo). Waves: model, offshore. Water quality: COFEPRIS pre-holiday beach monitoring. Sargassum: LANOT/UNAM (Sentinel-2 imagery), lanot.unam.mx.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service Information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00278. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026. Licences and credits for each source