In Moreton Bay to scoop up the millions of @#$%ing blue blubber jellyfish.....

How long r they usually here for ?

well we havnt really seen them in big numbers for years but now the NE are back so are they . they could be here until xmas.
normally not as bad at wello though.

They were here in big numbers last year, in fact off Manly they were so thick you could hardly see the water. I was wearing a bloody wetsuit to stop being stung. I hope they dissappear..........

I remember one day last year I launched from Manly and didn't dare gybe until I got to about 50 metres from Wello due to wall to wall jellies. Surely it can't get worse than that, can it

the flubbers dont really sting though - they are not a huge cause for anxt - some people come up with a rash but most dont - they dont have long tails but look and feel horrible. it is the much smaller blue ones invivible in the water with long tails that sting really bad, and can wrap around limbs feet etc - they can set off anaphalactic shock and be a big freaking problem - I think turtles eat the flubbers - not enough turtles!

your an ideas man Richie!

ps the upside is that the turtles seem to be having a feast. Saw a couple of them out there on Sunday.

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hitch said...

the flubbers dont really sting though - they are not a huge cause for anxt - some people come up with a rash but most dont - they dont have long tails but look and feel horrible. it is the much smaller blue ones invivible in the water with long tails that sting really bad, and can wrap around limbs feet etc - they can set off anaphalactic shock and be a big freaking problem - I think turtles eat the flubbers - not enough turtles!

I'm allergic

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hitch said...

the flubbers dont really sting though - they are not a huge cause for anxt - some people come up with a rash but most dont - they dont have long tails but look and feel horrible. it is the much smaller blue ones invivible in the water with long tails that sting really bad, and can wrap around limbs feet etc - they can set off anaphalactic shock and be a big freaking problem - I think turtles eat the flubbers - not enough turtles!

Ha ! You dont think they sting ? Take your shirt off and jump into a swarm. I dare ya .

i get rash too , id say its more that most people do get a rash and a few dont

I fell into a patch last year, stung all over even through my rash vest, one sting on my arm hurt more than the others and lasted a couple of hours. I ended up kneeling on my board for ten minutes until I drifted out of the swarm as I wasn't keen to water start in the middle of them.

I also fell into a swarm last year and discovered I get a nasty rash from the dam things.. Gotta stop falling in now cause the amount that I saw in the water last Sunday was scary - Thick and everywhere of Wynnum and Manly plus plenty up towards Wello... Bugger

haha, I didnt even know they could sting you, when I go skindiving I play the bongos on them then last weekend I came up from Kingscliff reef and the blue b@#$ard on me right on the exposed moe good thing the stings only last for an hour

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evilC said...

I remember one day last year I launched from Manly and didn't dare gybe until I got to about 50 metres from Wello due to wall to wall jellies. Surely it can't get worse than that, can it

Hmm well they were quite small last year and didn't hang around long.
time will tell

who's sailing tomorrow

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hitch said...

the flubbers dont really sting though - they are not a huge cause for anxt - some people come up with a rash but most dont - they dont have long tails but look and feel horrible. it is the much smaller blue ones invivible in the water with long tails that sting really bad, and can wrap around limbs feet etc - they can set off anaphalactic shock and be a big freaking problem - I think turtles eat the flubbers - not enough turtles!

I got stung badly at wello a long time ago , and started to have trouble breathing luckily one of the sailors wasa doctor gave me two shots of pethedine all gooddddd after that

I didn't think the big blue blubbers stung either. I was told that they carry a type of stinging sea lice on their tentacles(any marine biologists out there?)