Jellyfish

Man-of-War Jellyfish Appearing on Melbourne Beach, Florida

April 12, 2010

The reports of Man-of-War jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic Ocean coast just keep pouring in. These easterly winds are blowing them in out of the Gulf Stream. Expect them to keep coming in as long as the easterlies continue. All the jellyfish photos on this page were submitted by Craig and Nina Beaudry of Sebring, Florida [...]

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Portuguese Man-of-War Jellyfish Visit Miami Beach

March 29, 2010

March often brings strandings of Man-of-War jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic coast beaches. Visitor Ann McConnell sent in these photos from Miami Beach, taken on March 8, 2010. She noted that she saw about 30 of these creatures on the beach.  In late February several people sent photos of Purple Sea Snails on Fort Lauderdale Beach. [...]

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Portuguese Man-of-War–Even the Little Ones Sting

March 23, 2010
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A Beautiful Day at the Beach–Finally!

March 13, 2010

I’ve been cooped up in the house all week so I just had to take advantage of the clear weather this afternoon and take a walk on the beach. I’ll shut up and let the pictures do the talking.

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Jellyfish and Stingray Injury Resources

November 15, 2009

Posted by David McRee on BlogTheBeach.com Each year thousands of people encounter stinging jellyfish or step on a sting ray. They turn to the internet to find help.  Two physicians prominent in wilderness medicine and in the treatment of injuries from marine organisms published an article in EMPulse, which is an official publication of the [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish in Gulf Shores

September 22, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlotTheBeach.com. I’ve been getting lots of reports and photos of blue buttons this summer. Most are from either the northern gulf coast, or from the central and northeast Atlantic coast of the state. Several people have commented that they’ve been coming to Florida beaches for decades and have never seen [...]

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Stingmate Jellyfish Sting Neutralizing Gel Field Report

September 12, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Getting stung by a jellyfish is enough to ruin your day at the beach, so finding a way to prevent and to treat stings is a high priority for the folks at Stingmate. They are constantly testing their product and listening to feedback from first responders who use it [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish on Daytona Beach

September 11, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. I just received an email from Janet U. of Michigan who discovered this blue button jellyfish on Daytona Beach. Amazingly (or perhaps not), no one at the hotel knew what it was. Janet was able to make an identification on the internet and finally ended up on my web [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish Photos from the Florida Panhandle

August 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Here is what Kristi wrote about her encounter with the blue buttons: We were at St Joseph Peninsula State Park on Florida’s panhandle the first weekend in August. We had never seen these jellyfish before, but the beach was littered with them, and more were floating in on the [...]

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The Crab and the Cannonball

July 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Today seems to be jellyfish day. This is the third post today about jellyfish. I just received an email from Tom Hartlage with the above photo attached taken at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Here is Tom’s jellyfish story: We found this cannonball at Myrtle Beach while swimming.  We scooped [...]

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