CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A massive bloom of sargassum seaweed is currently in the area of Puerto Rico, and the group that's monitoring it says it will slowly make its way here.

April through August is the sargassum seaweed season, and this year's bloom is one of the largest.

Jace Tunnell, Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute, notes that these blooms can affect access to our local beaches.

Tunnell says, "In 2014, we had it to where it was waist, sometimes chest deep, along the shoreline. I actually saw pictures of it over somebody's head."

If you've been to one of our coastal beaches recently, you've probably spotted some of the seaweed that has already washed ashore. It's only going to get worse. Massive seaweed invasion making its way toward the Texas coast

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