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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimbles persist | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.250 | One person I know has been stung by Jimbles three days ru |
Box Jelly | Carybdea | ||
| Jimbles at… | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.250 | More Jimbles. |
Box Jelly | Carybdea | ||
| Bluebottles Balmoral… | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.820 / 151.250 | NE wind 15-25 km/hr |
Man o war | Bluebottle | |
| Sea Combs (Ctenophora)… | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.250 | Spotted a transparent jelly that had four lines disecting |
Other | Sea Combs (Ctenophora) | ||
| Strange time for… | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.820 / 151.250 | Although it doesn't show in the photo these bluebott |
Man o war | Bluebottle | |
| Jimbles at Balmoral | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.250 | Those nasty little blighters persist in Balmoral. |
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 | 
|
-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 | |||
| Balmoral Beach | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.820 / 151.250 | Water temp 15C |
Clean sea | ||
| Sea lice aplenty | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.820 / 151.250 | Sea lice continues to nibble away at the swimmers |
Jellyfish | Sea Lice | |
| Jimble reference | 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Jimbles at… | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.260 | More swimmers stung today |
Box Jelly | Carybdea | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |