Nation Piles of smelly seaweed are arriving on Florida beaches: How bad will it get? May 3, 2023 Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY Comments Off on Piles of smelly seaweed are arriving on Florida beaches: How bad will it get? The seaweed set a record in the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt in March. It's difficult to predict where and when it will wash up.