What do you do about jelly fish .

[Axle]

Hi all .

I dont have a sufboard but am thinkin of gettin one . There is this place i go on holidays and it looks perfect for surfing . Its Roasting hot . There is huge waves . Lovely sand . There is a inlet Which the waves go into and there is a big swell . Only one problem .There is tons of jellyfish . I live in Ireland . So id say there not Box jelly fish . But im still worried about knocking up against them . Is there anything i can do . A big net would be out of the question . But is there a repelent i can but . Please help . It looks ideal For learning To surf . There is even little baby waves .

[namino tsume]

nothing you can do... try wearing a wetsuit though.... might help.

[barrelled2perfection]

I heard that on the market, theres some sort of cream stuff (like vaseline) that u smear on your exposed skin and the jellyfish stings can't penetrate, therefore not being able to sting you. I dunno what its called and i dunno how good it is either! sorry!

[Axle]

thanks guys . Maybe they will die down next time i come back .

[bassist]

Ever since one of them little boogers got me up the pants I smash them with my board every time I see one. Just trying to controll the population :D.

[deathfrog]

jellyfish were the real reason the shotgun was invented... Man of wars suck...

[surferdude_scarborough]

we could all take that perve guy up on his offer of free wooden paddles, keep them in your wettie and every time you see a jellyfish twat it!

[deathfrog]

haha nice

or mabie that spanking machine...

[m]

I dont have a sufboard but am thinkin of gettin one . There is this place i go on holidays and it looks perfect for surfing . Its Roasting hot . There is huge waves .

first off, if you don't know how to surf, huge waves=baddd

second, try renting before you invest all that money into a surfboard... and learn something about surfing before you just go and buy a board that you'll regret buying if you end up getting into the sport.

[namino tsume]

where you heading to?

[Stevo]

i know in cali jfish are seasonal, so they should die down. if you do get stung, just piss on it :D

[jonny]

my favourite way of dealing with them is 2 mins either side under a hot grill with a dash of tabasco and a sprinking of salt and pepper.

tastes like chicken.

[surf patrol]

lol

Wear a wettie like namino suggests. I have never had a bad sting while surfing in England but if you are worried then take some vinegar along with you. If you get stung paddle back in and cover the sting with the vinegar.

My girlfriend works in the A&E dept of a Perth (australia) hospital and al couple of months back she looked after this surfer who had been surfing up north in Broome and had been stung by an irukandji jellyfish. This jellyfish had been swept down from futher north by a cyclone swell. Anyway, 15 mins after the sting he started feeling funny and paddled back in. Within 30 mins he could not stand up and was being driven to the local hospital. His blood pressure went sky high and he was in absolute agony. The local hospital ran out of morphene for his pain so he was choppered down to Perth. After a couple of days in agony and with dangerously high blood pressure he finally started feeling better. They kept him in and then two days later it all happened again.

[little waves]

i think they are quite tastey

[Toasty]

Howdy,

We had a weird experience in Kenya with hundreds and hundreds of little tiny weeny jelly fish. they were smaller than a finger nail and with quite a sting for something so tiny. Was very bizarre.

[deathfrog]

wow, that sounds like it would suck.. you couldnt really see em right? ooo and were they the glow in the dark kind? those are usally tiny...

[gulfsurfer]

dude he said it was really hot, why would u wear a wetsuit if its really hot, that makes no sense. i dont know where hes from, but chances are if its really hot, the waters not gonna be cold

[jonny]

dude he said it was really hot, why would u wear a wetsuit if its really hot, that makes no sense. i dont know where hes from, but chances are if its really hot, the waters not gonna be cold

I take it you've never visited Ireland!

Roasting hot for Ireland means you can take your wooly hat off without the top of your head getting frostbite. It gets that warm at least twice a year.

Water temp-wise, it would be a far braver man than me to venture in without a wettie!

[gulfsurfer]

no i havent been to ireland, and i know its really cold there. i didnt know thats where he was from, and when he says its roasting hot u just kind of assume that he doesnt mean freezing ass cold. ya then if its that cold u definitly need a wettie.