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The Jellyfish menace is upon us.

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Created by Richiefish > 9 months ago, 21 Nov 2011
Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
21 Nov 2011 8:31PM
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Starting to get more and more Jellyfish every day at Manly... Hows the Goldie and Wello going ?

vando
QLD, 3418 posts
21 Nov 2011 8:59PM
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Nothing at wello yet
another great sail today

lee1972
QLD, 921 posts
21 Nov 2011 9:03PM
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Sandgate is jam packed with those jellies, my legs are red raw from sundays session, put on a full wettie today just to save the legs.

stanly
QLD, 307 posts
21 Nov 2011 9:26PM
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More incentive for not dropping those gybes out the back

Does putting on extra blockout help?

Remember years ago they seemed to affect some people but not others.

PS was a good sail this afternoon

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
21 Nov 2011 9:26PM
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then it's Hello Wello.

vando
QLD, 3418 posts
21 Nov 2011 9:30PM
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gotta take the good with the bad.
more seabreezes more jelly's

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
21 Nov 2011 11:59PM
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Richie,
They've all swum down from Yeppoon. We've had the most Snotties* I've ever seen in the water for the past 3 months but I noticed last Weekend that numbers are starting to reduce. A Marine specialist was saying that the floods flushed out a mass of juvenile jellies earlier this year and what we're seeing is them all grown up. Fun sailing through a smack** of them at speed too.

*those big harmless ones that only give a really slight tingle
** Collective noun for jellyfish - I reckon a "wobble" would be more appropriate though.

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
22 Nov 2011 8:17AM
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sausage said...

Richie,
They've all swum down from Yeppoon. We've had the most Snotties* I've ever seen in the water for the past 3 months but I noticed last Weekend that numbers are starting to reduce. A Marine specialist was saying that the floods flushed out a mass of juvenile jellies earlier this year and what we're seeing is them all grown up. Fun sailing through a smack** of them at speed too.

*those big harmless ones that only give a really slight tingle
** Collective noun for jellyfish - I reckon a "wobble" would be more appropriate though.


These ones are not snotties, they're the blue ones . Sometimes they dont sting, other times they sting like a cup of hot coffee has been chucked on ya...Yes I have heard they breed up the river.The flloods would have washed them out and the constant northerlies weve been having have blown them to us.
I would call a group of them a "fluck" as this is closer to what I say when I fall into them.(or even see them)

sonic
QLD, 756 posts
22 Nov 2011 9:23AM
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Was out on the Goldie yesterday, nothing bit of seagrass floating around but with all these Northerlies its only a matter of time

trauma
QLD, 382 posts
22 Nov 2011 9:36AM
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Richiefish said...
These ones are not snotties, they're the blue ones.




Yes, looks like a Blubber Jellyfish: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_Blubber

Scotf
QLD, 1241 posts
22 Nov 2011 11:47AM
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I love my NEasters but those little nasties take the fun out of it a bit. They seem to be surrounded by little bits if bities so even if you don't hit a jellyfish you still get bitten randomly all over.

Someone told me it is little bits of poisonous tenticles that break off and float around in the water. A few years back a whole heap of them went into my rashie and they stung like hell and then itched for two weeks after.

Pity bull sharks don't eat them...

PS: Looking good for this arvo, can we have a wind and jelly report at around 1.00pm Richie???

Waterloo
QLD, 1497 posts
22 Nov 2011 2:50PM
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While you are awaiting your regular forecaster I can tell you its a solid 18knts + (1pm) at Thorneside, looks a touch windier at Manly, few already out.

Scotf
QLD, 1241 posts
22 Nov 2011 2:57PM
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Perfectamundo.

Flashman
QLD, 74 posts
22 Nov 2011 2:59PM
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Sailed at Wynnum last 2 days and seaweed was a big problem yesterday. Scott, wind appears to be much stronger today than on Sunday. Yesterday was marginal and only day this week that Seabreeze got the forecast correct.

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
22 Nov 2011 3:50PM
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.2.45pm.heading down soon. It's 20 knots NE. (worth braving the JFs for.)

Wet Willy
TAS, 2317 posts
22 Nov 2011 6:26PM
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um...you mean to say the beaches in SEQ are full of jellyfish every summer?

md74
QLD, 1064 posts
22 Nov 2011 6:01PM
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I think they are talking flat water wet willy. My suggestion is don't fall in! It is windsurfing not wind swimming haven't experienced any off the open beaches, the occasional blue bottle washed up on the beach is about it.

alfamale
QLD, 138 posts
22 Nov 2011 7:10PM
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Haven't seen any down here on the Goldy or when we were at Lennox on the weekend.
Saw quite a few Blue bottles up on the Sunny coast when I was there a couple of weeks ago - I hate those things, especially bad when they wrap all around your boom!

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
22 Nov 2011 7:42PM
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Wet Willy said...

um...you mean to say the beaches in SEQ are full of jellyfish every summer?


no...There was a "plague" of the flockers in Moreton bay a few years back when I was still learning to windsurf. I used to fall into them a lot whilst jibing etc. Thus I bear a horrific mental scar regaring the blue menace...
There havent been any around since...Untill last week. Only a few at this stage which aint too bad..

ikw777
QLD, 2995 posts
22 Nov 2011 8:27PM
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There were a fair few at Redcliffe in September. They've been gone for weeks now.

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
22 Nov 2011 9:17PM
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Richiefish said...

sausage said...

Richie,
They've all swum down from Yeppoon. We've had the most Snotties* I've ever seen in the water for the past 3 months but I noticed last Weekend that numbers are starting to reduce. A Marine specialist was saying that the floods flushed out a mass of juvenile jellies earlier this year and what we're seeing is them all grown up. Fun sailing through a smack** of them at speed too.

*those big harmless ones that only give a really slight tingle
** Collective noun for jellyfish - I reckon a "wobble" would be more appropriate though.


These ones are not snotties, they're the blue ones . Sometimes they dont sting, other times they sting like a cup of hot coffee has been chucked on ya...Yes I have heard they breed up the river.The flloods would have washed them out and the constant northerlies weve been having have blown them to us.
I would call a group of them a "fluck" as this is closer to what I say when I fall into them.(or even see them)




All this time I thoughtr these were Snotties - they're the ones we have had by the millions up here too albeit ours are whiter. They can get pretty big and I nearly had a get-off hitting one this afternoon.

What do Snotties look like then?

PS - "Flockers"

Scotf
QLD, 1241 posts
22 Nov 2011 9:33PM
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Was awesome at Manly this arvo. Big ramps and minimal jf's. 5.4 fully lit, just the way to end a Tuesday.

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
23 Nov 2011 8:38AM
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Scotf said...

Was awesome at Manly this arvo. Big ramps and minimal jf's. 5.4 fully lit, just the way to end a Tuesday.


It sure was !

Scotf
QLD, 1241 posts
23 Nov 2011 10:26AM
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Those little green arrows have bounced across to this afternoon.



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