Miami diving conditions

Quote from Rolo

I'll submit several dozen names with the expectation that my creativity will be rewarded with a new wetsuit. If not, I will write one final post proclaming my departure from this site and how it actually is intended for the betterment of this forum, then I'll logoff into the queerboard sunset to write spearfishing poetry and shore dive for 10" sheepsheads.

Just saying...

:laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3: you should be banned for making me laugh so hard I almost pissed my pants. Too funny.

Cheers, Don

Dan--sorry you got stung.
I guess I'm just chicken shit. I don't like to take any chances of getting any type of skin injuries like cuts/abrasions/rash while spearin. In my line of work, a skin injury means a huge risk of catching a worse infection at work.:(
I don't know about "firing off" their stingers, but the last 2 weeks in the water my anchor and drift lines have gotten slimy with jellyfish goop.:(
At this moment, (11pm 8-24) the wind is clocking 36mph here on Hollywood Beach and hopefully will blow the moon jellys away.:pray:

hau I'll cross my fingers they disappear because rumor has it wahoo are everywhere right now and I'm hoping to pull together a last minute trip for sunday if conditions are ok to try to get one.

Nice to see you got back to the water Dan.

Quote from Dan

I thought about your post a few times that day. What I find strange is that sometimes you can swim through those jellies and nothing happens. Then suddenly I feel I'm getting stung without necessarily having touched one. I think maybe they can fire off that poison when they feel threatened. It's mind blowing how sea turtles can eat them.

I think their poison is sometimes released either on "purpose" or due to the fact that a lot of them are being run over by boats and this poison is in the water. areas of your body that have been previously stung (within a few days)are more sensitive to it.