Hundreds of Portuguese man-o-war at Waimanalo beach

Description and Comments

Renting our Waimanalo beach home last week, 10/6/13 - 10/15/13 my family of 9 saw hundreds of man-of-wars wash up onto the sand. I first noticed these jellyfish while body boarding. I got stung by one, multiple times. It stuck to my skin, I immediately pulled it out with my left hand. Burning sensation, stomach pain, confusion, & disoriented with lots of hypertension quickly started within a few minutes time. Scary to say the least. Each day more & more washed ashore. The 14th of Oct we finally got back into the water, as we couldn't find any washed up on the sand.

Author

Jellywatcher (not verified)

Type of organism

Man o war

Quantity

100

Latitude

21.35

Longitude

-157.70