Destin jetties jellyfish report?

paulwall

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• Jul 31, 2008

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Anybody got an update on Jellies at Destin Jetties?

I'll be bringing 3 new divers over and don't want their first post-cert dive to be too nettlesome.

High Tide on Sunday is Noon. Anybody want to meet at 10:30-11:00?

 

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I just got back from the Pensacola area and the jellyfish situation is bad.
I had planned on snorkelling from shore at Pensacola Beach but the jellyfish were so abundant I could barely walk the beach without stepping on jellyfish that were washing up on the shore with each wave.
I ended up going over to Johnson Beach at the National Park where the inlet supposedly had less nettles.
It did have less but I still managed to get stung 3 times over a 10 minute period.

 

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Paul, this stuff works!

Safe Sea Jellyfish Protective Lotion - Only at DiveSports.com

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I will be there at 7am with two students. We might cross paths...

 

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Two weekends ago the jellies were mostly easy to avoid at Destin Jetties. The ones that were there however packed a mighty punch. I'm still healing up from the one hit I took from a stray tenticle.

 

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How are the jellies past a couple miles out?

 

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PhilEllis:

Paul, this stuff works!

Safe Sea Jellyfish Protective Lotion - Only at DiveSports.com

Phil Ellis

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What size are those bottles? And I've seen this product at other places so what is the basis for "only at DiveSports"? Not ragging you, just wondering if there is something unique about your version that others don't have.

 

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frankc420:

How are the jellies past a couple miles out?

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I have not been offshore since the beginning of July. At that time, the inshore jellies were a big p.i.t.a., but 10-12 miles out they were hard to find.

 

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frankc420:

How are the jellies past a couple miles out?

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Nearly non-existant at depth 6 miles offshore. sparse between 30ft and surface

More moon jellies than sea nettles off shore.

(Brass Wreck, this past weekend).

 

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paulwall:

Nearly non-existant at depth 6 miles offshore. sparse between 30ft and surface

More moon jellies than sea nettles off shore.

(Brass Wreck, this past weekend).

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Whoooo Hoooo! Moon Jellies EAT Nettles