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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Sea Combs (Ctenophora)… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Spotted a transparent jelly that had four lines disecting

Other Sea Combs (Ctenophora)
Balmoral Beach swimmingidiots Alt text -33.820 / 151.250

Water temp 15C

Clean sea
Sea lice aplenty swimmingidiots Alt text -33.820 / 151.250

Sea lice continues to nibble away at the swimmers

Jellyfish Sea Lice
Jimble… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Here's an interesting site (The Atlas of Living Aust

Box Jelly Carybdea rastonii
Jimbles at Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Just when I thought it was safe to resume swimming after

Box Jelly Carybdea
Moon jellyfish swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Spotted a single moon jellyfish about 3 inches wide at a

Jellyfish
Australian Spotted… swimmingidiots Alt text -33.820 / 151.250

Spied an Australian Spotted Jellyfish (phyllorhiza puncta

Jellyfish
Brown sludge Sydney… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

I've noticed since Monday that the ocean is a murky

Other Storm water / brown sludge
Comb jellies (Ctenophora… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

I used my snorkel and mask this morning to get a better l

Other Ctenophora
Comb jellies (Ctenophora… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

A few small comb jellies were sighted about 350m offshore

Other
Jimbles at Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

More swimmers stung today

Box Jelly Carybdea
Clean Sea but lots of… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Although the sea is clean, we had a lot of rain and rough

Clean sea
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Plenty of sea lice for everyone today...

Jellyfish
Moon Jellies swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Swam through thousands of moon jellies today.

Jellyfish Moon jellies
Jimbles aplenty swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Thousands of Jimbles sighted today

Jellyfish Cubozoa
Bluebottles at Balmoral… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

Stung by a bluebottle this morning about 350m offshore.

Man o war
Moon Jellyfish swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Spotted a small transparent moon jellyfish about an inch

Jellyfish
Thousands of moon… mobile_jellywatcher -33.820 / 151.250

Thousands of moon jellies in the water today.

Jellyfish Moon
Jimbles have returned swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Swimming in winter is great as there are less crowds.

Jellyfish Cubozoa
Jimbles swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Jimbles at Balmoral in for the long haul

Jellyfish Cubozoa
Jellyfish Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Strong Sou'easter 35-40kms/hr, choppy seas, water te

Jellyfish
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Sea Lice have taken up residence at Balmoral and are in n

Jellyfish
Bluebottles persisted swimmingidiots Alt text -33.820 / 151.250 Man o war Bluebottles
Jimbles swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

The Jimbles were at Balmoral again today.

Box Jelly Carybdea
Jimbles swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Plenty of people stung today by Jimbles about 80 metres o

Box Jelly Carybdea rastonii