snorkel warning and tip
snorkel warning and tip
Warning: there is something in the water at haulover north that is stinging people right now. Too small to see, maybe someone can say what it is. I got stung on my head first and when I put my hand up to investigate my arm got stung. I ended up with about 40 welts on my arm-- it was pretty painful. John got stung on his back and foot. Other people were being stung too--it was a mass evacuation! My arm is still a little prickly and sore. Though it felt ok enough to snorkel again after an hour or so.
Tip: don't miss snorkeling at Great Lameshur. We swam all the way to tektite and back, which might be too far for some folks, but there is really great stuff along the left side, not too far out. We found multiple eagle rays and turtles, reef sharks, too much to type on my tiny iPod. Check it out and see for yourself!
Tip: don't miss snorkeling at Great Lameshur. We swam all the way to tektite and back, which might be too far for some folks, but there is really great stuff along the left side, not too far out. We found multiple eagle rays and turtles, reef sharks, too much to type on my tiny iPod. Check it out and see for yourself!
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Yes it could be that or it could be Sea Lice (also known as Sea Bathers Eruption)
I have included a few links to see if that is what the welts look like, but this usually happens under your bathing suit.
Pia
http://www.buysafesea.com/sea_lice.php
http://dermnetnz.org/arthropods/sea-bathers.html
I have included a few links to see if that is what the welts look like, but this usually happens under your bathing suit.
Pia
http://www.buysafesea.com/sea_lice.php
http://dermnetnz.org/arthropods/sea-bathers.html
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I'm with Pia on this one.Pia wrote:Yes it could be that or it could be Sea Lice (also known as Sea Bathers Eruption)
I have included a few links to see if that is what the welts look like, but this usually happens under your bathing suit.
Pia
http://www.buysafesea.com/sea_lice.php
http://dermnetnz.org/arthropods/sea-bathers.html
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it was not itchy, at all. It hurt! It was a sharp stinging pain and it felt like there were little eletrical shocks going through my arm for a couple of hours. I can't see images on my iPod so am not sure if the pictures pia posted were accurate. It looked like poison ivy--raised white welts. But, it's 100 percent gone today.
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I just googled some stuff...becuase almost always someone in our group gets stung by something. I know there are not supposed to be a lot of things out there...but our kids are in the water for probably 7 hours a day...so odds are...
Anyways, very interesting. It might be your instinct to pour some water, say out of a water bottle on it. Or ice. But apparently fresh water causes the stingers of many of these species to swell and lodge in.
So not a good idea to pour water on it. Pee or vinegar. Anyone else try anything that works?
Anyways, very interesting. It might be your instinct to pour some water, say out of a water bottle on it. Or ice. But apparently fresh water causes the stingers of many of these species to swell and lodge in.
So not a good idea to pour water on it. Pee or vinegar. Anyone else try anything that works?
"Sponges grow in the ocean...I wonder how much deeper it would be if that didn't happen."
We experienced slight stinging sensations occasionally even at Gibney when the water was very calm. We couldn't see any evidence of jellies so Pia's info must be the explanation. We were there in mid-late April and the stinging was not as intense as Liamsaunt describes. It makes sense that if they are the larva that as the summer progresses they'd get more intense.
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