Press & media — Punta Cana sargassum data
Updated June 12, 2026 from Copernicus satellite data — refreshed 4× per day.
The Atlantic is having a widely reported record sargassum season — coverage puts the bloom near 28.9 million tonnes. What the headlines cannot tell your readers is the question they actually ask: is my beach swimmable today? We publish that answer for Punta Cana, beach by beach, from satellite data — and it is free to cite with attribution.
What we publish
Live sargassum status for 12 Punta Cana beaches, from Uvero Alto down to Juanillo in Cap Cana — each with a clean / moderate / avoid rating, a 0–100 Beach Score and a beach-specific 7-day forecast. Detection uses the AFAI (Alternative Floating Algae Index) from the Copernicus and NOAA satellite programs, sampled pixel by pixel directly offshore of each beach — not a regional average — and refreshed four times a day, with wind and swell data from Open-Meteo. As of June 12, 2026, 12 of 12 tracked beaches read clean.
Accuracy, published openly
We backtest the forecast against what satellites later observed, and we publish the results: across our Caribbean network, next-day beach status verifies 78% of the time, and 3-day status 78%. Days 1–3 are the most reliable; days 4–7 show the trend — and we say so on every page. The data is never hand-edited, never filtered for resorts, never deleted.
Free to use, with attribution
Journalists, bloggers and broadcasters may quote any beach status, score or forecast with a link to the source page. Suggested citation: Source: sargassumpuntacana.com — Copernicus/NOAA satellite data, refreshed 4× daily. For an embed of the live map, beach-level data for a story, or comment on current conditions, write to support@sargassumpuntacana.com — we answer quickly.
Story angles ready today
Which Punta Cana beach is clean this week (live ranked list, updated 4× daily) · Why Bávaro, Macao and Cap Cana can differ dramatically on the same day · What a record Atlantic bloom means at beach level for Dominican tourism · How satellite AFAI detection works, with measured forecast accuracy published on our methodology page.
About the network
SargassumPuntaCana.com is part of a five-site Caribbean monitoring network: Martinique and Guadeloupe (French), Punta Cana (English), Cancún & Riviera Maya (Spanish), and Miami & Florida (English). All five sites run the same satellite pipeline and the same openly published methodology. The live map is free for everyone; a premium subscription adds daily beach recommendations, push alerts and a morning brief.
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