I'm extremely affraid of Jellyfish...?

Question

are there alot of them in the south carolina waters in late august?

Answer 1

It all depends on the weather and the tides.  Jellyfish are free floating.  They move with the currents, tides, winds and thermal changes.

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

dork

Answer 4

Ah, yeah. August is peak season for jellies in SC. Sorry.

http://www.surfline.com/travel/index.cfm...

Answer 5

No they wouldent be a very big promblem When I went down there around that area I seen one jelly fish at the beach DEAD plus they live more deeper down in the ocean.

Answer 6

pop a capping in they *** lol

Answer 7

End of July and time for a trip to Palau to sort out some work stuff. I was also planning to take the opportunity to do a little more exploration around the island of Koror and hopefully some sea kayaking. But low and behold, the day before I was to set off for the 1.5 days of travel just to get to Palau from Fiji, I came down with the most horrible cold ever. My nose was, well, disgusting, and I had a very charming I-am-just-about-to-die cough. Great, I thought. But I was not deterred. I was going to Palau because I wanted to do that d**n sea kayaking and it was all organised. So there.

All that just to say that it was not a particularly pleasant trip over to Palau from Fiji, although I have to say I definitely prefer the Suva-Nadi-Honolulu-Guam-Palau itinerary to the Suva-Nadi-Brisbane-Cairns-Guam-Palau nightmare. The USA route has fewer changes and I think in total it is a few hours shorter. So I arrived in the evening on Saturday, pretty tired and with the cold still tormenting me. I was determined though, so I had some food and went to bed early (9pm) in the

Door

to my room - I just liked the colours...hope that I would wake up the next day ready for sea kayaking adventures. And it worked!

I woke up feeling great and we set off not particularly bright and early but more at a leisurely 10 o'clock in the morning. Our sea kayaking 'team' was me and Phil in a double kayak and Yilka in a single. I immediately knew I was going to love this. I also quite liked out international team: Canadian, Greek and Czech; quite varied I thought.

First stop was to do some snorkelling amongst the giant clams just beyond the little harbour. So, so colourful. The biggest were a meter across, while the smaller ones had the really surreal colours on show. Also, I would not want to get a foot or hand stuck in one of those things. When my curiosity was satisfied we hoped back into the kayaks and headed out to the rock islands. This involved a little battling against the currents but it was well worth it.

Next stop was a small cave where clearly you could see that an attack/defense post had been set up (probably by the Japanese) during the second world war. A very

Cave with WWII left overs

rusty gun could just about be made out pointing outwards from the cave. It was an opportunity for a little exploring, letting the imagination do its work and of course some more snorkelling. I saw a small reef shark about a metre long.

A specific aim of our little expedition was the so-called jellyfish lake, where you can swim in semi-salty water with stingerless jellyfish. Surely enough, it was a freaky experience. Especially for someone like me, who is scared stiff of jellyfish. However many times Phil and Yilka told me that the jellyfish were harmless, I just could quite convince myself. Although I did swim amongtst them, I didn't indulge in picking them up and waving them around like the guys did! It was a fun experience and definitely I never thought I would ever be swimming around with tens of jellyfish surrounding me.

After the jellyfish, we decided to take the scenic route home, which involved a lot more paddling around the rock islands and through beautiful passageways, back round to the main island and the capital, Koror. It was beautiful blue seas, white sands and greenery all the way. Very very relaxing. All in all

WWII Gun

about 7 hours of kayaking. Not bad at all. That is the beauty of Palau, a sea adventure is never that far away and we could do it the environmental friendly way: man (and woman) power only!

Sadly, with my camera not being waterproof I couldn't capture a lot of the above myself but thankfully a couple of Phil's friends, Sarah and Mira have come to the rescue and I've included a few of their photos to give a better idea of what I got up to, as described above.

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1735686...

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1735687...

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1735691...

Answer 8

a jellyfish killed my cousin

its not funny.

Answer 9

Face your fears and you will get over them.

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Answer 10

You have good reason to fear anything that can harm you , paralyze you or kill you.

Stay out of the water or swim in a pool.  It is not worth your life to swim in the ocean until you feel it is safe for you.

Take care of the fear as you grow up and learn more about jellyfish and yourself.

Answer 11

it depends on the current..usually they dont go that far "north" they tend to like warmer waters...plus if u get stung just pee on it or put vinegar on it and ur good...dont worry too much bout it

Answer 12

yes stay out of the sea water just to make sure you never know

Answer 13

im not sure, but go to an aquarium and face your fears, you will find out that they are more scared of you than you are of them.

good luck

Answer 14

Question Kid ... Scared of jellyfish?  Well, you should be.  As I guess you know, they're quite poisonous and their sting can be extremely painful.  I'd be careful if I were you.  Good luck and don't get stung.

Answer 15

well i was just in north carolina and there were a lot of jelly fish but they were only small one and if you get stung it just looks like a little scarch its nothing to fear now the big ones are a whole different story STAY AWAY FROM THE BIG ONES

Answer 16

yeah theyre everywhere

Answer 17

yes they are, and at first when you see them, you'll think it's a plastic baggie floating on the water or lying on the beach.  Then you'll notice smaller ones.