Jellyfish at castaway cay?

[Jaylie]

Are there jellyfish in the water at castaway cay?

 

[CamColt]

Yes, or at least there were in 2008 when a friend of ours got stung.

 

[S. C.]

Yes, or at least there were in 2008 when a friend of ours got stung.

Do you know what month? I was under the impression that it is only certain months to worry about them.

 

[auntlynne]

From the Nassau Yacht Harbor (the article was written in July, proclaiming the jellyfish were back.)

“Generally found in Bahamian waters from spring through the early summer, in various stages, they can make swimming and enjoying the waters quite uncomfortable.”

It‘s when the water is warming up from Winter.

They are called Thimbles, and seem to cause problems when trapped in your clothes - more than the ones in the Gulf when you touch/ step in one.

 

[Dug720]

It is the ocean - not a pool. So there can be jellyfish, sting rays, sharks, fish, etc. There are signs reminding you of this at Castaway. When you swim in the ocean, you are in the animals' world.

 

[CamColt]

Do you know what month? I was under the impression that it is only certain months to worry about them.

It was late July.

 

[Disturbia]

We take seasafe spray and lotion with us. It will probably not prevent as much as reduce the impact. That said we only cruise late March/early April (safer)

 

[Cheburashka]

I've never seen any, and have sailed there in October, November, December, January, March and June.

 

[SailingScout]

We were just there on Friday (2/23) and I heard a call on a lifeguard’s radio saying two people had been stung.

 

[Dug720]

I was stung by a baby moon jelly on Coco Cay - same basic vicinity - just this past week. Minor, thankfully as it was on my bikini line and I did NOT want to get treatment for that.

 

[SL6827]

Not CC, but the jelly fish season in Destin is like August, September. The ocean was swarmed with them this past September. Lesson learned. We will never go during that time frame again. They were everywhere.

 

[AgentMama]

We have definitely been stung at CC.

 

[pachy25]

Sea licw are there also