Beach without jellyfish ?

[Anonymous]

I haven't noticed any in Rehoboth yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:West coast. Still have never seen one at my childhood beach in Santa Barbara. It’s freezing cold though and it isn’t fun to swim with all the seaweed and tar.

It would have to be a LOT of jellyfish, and I'd practically be swimming through the curtain of it before I'd enjoy freezing cold water + seaweed + tar (which what North/Mid Atlantic is like in May)

[Anonymous]

Any in OBX by now?

[Anonymous]

Europe, no? Never heard of major jellyfish issues there.

[Anonymous]

Greece

[Anonymous]

Lake Anna

[Anonymous]

What town are you in, OP? It seems unusual that jellyfish are SO prevalent in NJ already when they don’t seem to be in DE yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Europe, no? Never heard of major jellyfish issues there.

Not true. I live in Europe and there are jellyfish issues, but you can't predict. Majour issues at certain beaches in Italy, France, Spain, Croatia. The problem are the poisonous jellyfish, which are now also occurring more frequently in the Mediterranean.

[Anonymous]

Go to Mexico!!! Very few jellyfish and none of these horrendous huge infestations like we get in Rehoboth and the area. Troncones. Ixtapa and other areas are soooooo good you guys- great water, great food.,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here, the thing is, it *doesn’t* change by the day. We are on day 4 of jellyfish invasion. We have come to this NJ beach for over a decade and it’s gone from being an occasional problem to being impossible to get in the water without being stung.

I can’t stomach the expense of going to a beach if we can’t even swim. I know global warming is contributing to this, but I just want to swim in the ocean & my family’s one week annual vacation is a drop in the bucket compared to the global use of fossil fuels which I sadly cannot solve. Where can I go next year that would prevent this or make it very unlikely to happen? Because honestly this is a huge bummer and while we are trying to have fun, it’s a disappointment I don’t want to repeat

Miami

[Anonymous]

Wear a full bodysuit. That’s what I do. I even wear socks because once the sting on my ankle swelled so badly.

[Anonymous]

I was just in LBI (NJ) last weekend and we didn’t notice any more than an occasional jellyfish (the ocean was freezing, though!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in Fort Myers, Fl, and there are no jellyfish.

I got stung by a stingray in Fort Myers. Most painful thing of my life. So its not free from stinging thingies.

[Anonymous]

Go further north. Rarely see them on the cape or Nantucket

[Anonymous]

But it's FUN to pee on people!!!