We were on island July 4-11. The one day we went to orient the seaweed was bad. We went to Pinel one day, and like others have said the smell of decaying seaweed in Cul de sac was terrible. We found simpson bay, mullet bay, and meads bay Anguilla to be seaweed free. The French side was also terribly brown due to lack of rain. Not sure why the Dutch side of the mountains looked greener.