The sea swell around the coastline of Fuerteventura yesterday caused the arrival of a plague of jellyfish to several beaches in the municipalities of La Oliva, and Puerto del Rosario, which prompted the councils to close the beaches due to the danger posed to swimmers by the presence of hundreds of jellyfish. The areas most affected were located in the northern town where La Oliva closed four beaches on the stretch of coastline that surrounds Corralejo. Prohibition signs were erected to alert swimmers, mainly tourists, of the danger of venturing into the sea. The Department of Beaches and Civil Protection of La Oliva also raised the yellow flag in the Grandes Playas area due to the presence of jellyfish, although less intense than in other coastal areas. A clean up operation has commenced today (Wednesday, 4th Jan 2012).
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Have just been stung by a jellyfish in puerto de mogan, gran canaria. There is no info re this scare here.
Who can tell me what kind of jellyfish these were? It has been over a week now that me and some friends got stung, but yesterday it got worse and now it itches like crazy. The ones stinging us didn’t look like the jellyfish in the picture, they were brown/purpleish. Who can help us out?
i would seek advice in case it was a portugese man o’ war jellyfish which are a purply colour and can give stings which are problematic. I copied this off the net ‘It is not uncommon for the sites of man-of-war stings to ‘flare up’ with irritation periodically for up to 6-8 weeks following the sting’ good luck s
@lala i can recall one year the north of the island got hit hard with man o war jellys. try searching them? they are quiet distinctive. they are blue/purple with a balloon on them