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$200,000 to clean and remove sargassum from its beaches. >> seaweed is a mixed blessing. we need it. it's a nursery for all these large fish. the negative side is if it comes in the concentrations that are believed we'll see, our fishing rounds will be completely covered. there's almost no point to fishing because we'll spend the entire day cleaning weed off our lines. >> reporter: as the sargassum belt heads towards florida, another natural phenomenon is hitting its beaches on the west coast, red tide. it can be toxic, kill fish, and cause respiratory issues. this year's red tide's concerns w...

>> there's no way to stop that. this is nature. just like no one can stop a hurricane. >> should we be worried about this? >> no. >> why? >> the reason is it's not toxic. >> just a few years ago, here's what it looked like in mexico. officials in monroe county, which includes the florida keys, has removed it from its beaches. >> it's a nursery for all these large pelagic fish. there's no point to fishing because we spend the entire day cleaning weed off our lines. >> reporter: another natural phenomenon is hitting beaches on the west coast, red tide. it can be toxic, kill fish and cause respir...

Get bigger? >> yes. there's no way to stop that. this is nature. it's just like no one can stop a hurricane. >> should we be worried about that? >> no. >> why? >> reason is sargassum is not toxic. >> reporter: but it smells pretty bad, and it's a nuisance for those trying to keep beaches clean to attract tourists. just a few years ago, here's what it looks like in mexico. officials in monroe county have set aside more than $200,000 to clean and remove sargassum from its beaches. >> seaweed is a mixed blessing. we need it. seaweed is a nursery for all these large fish. the negative side to that...

Red tide. it can be toxic, kill fish and cause respiratory issues. this was enough to cause a problem for this family. >> as soon as we got out of our car, we started coughing. >> reporter: for spring breakers like this group from iowa, the always of red tide was not enough to change vacation plans. >> i would rather red tide than raining every day. >> they would be jealous regardless of the red tide symptoms. >> reporter: the pristine beaches are hard to resist for many, despite what may be building offshore. coming up, he's been plagued by self-inflicted scandal since day one. but george s...

To impact. yeah. if just a portion of this hits the east coast, you're talking about a pretty different beach when folks come out to vacation, specifically those coming out during the summer. we talked about how right now it is 5,000 miles long. well, it is also about 6 million tons of seaweed and the scientist i talked to said that is not even peak yet. it could get up to 20 million pounds of this particular type of seaweed heading toward florida. here in the keys in monroe county they've already allotted $200,000 for cleanup for what is to come. what is the type of impact? you could probably...