When is jellyfish season in miami

Campus News. A dead jellyfish is washed up on Crandon Park beach on Sunday, Aug. The jellyfish have been plentiful these past few weeks, especially at low tide.

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Wernicki said in a interview. About 80 percent of all lifeguard rescues occur because swimmers find themselves in rip currents, which pulls people away from shore, said Tom Gill, public information officer for the U. Lifesaving Association. They look like murky, debris-filled, foamy water, which might be lighter on the sides and darker in the middle. Often they're near sandbars or jetties. Swim at a beach with lifeguards.

Last year, there were 88 unprovoked shark attacks. Normally, sharks avoid swimming close to the shore, but sometimes their patterns change.

Sand fleas — which are actually small crabs — live in the sand and love biting ankles, feet and legs. These bites turn into small, red itchy welts. If people suspect they have sand flea bites, he recommends they clean off the area and treat them as they would bug bites, with an over-the-counter cortisone cream or an oral antihistamine. Since we started Miami New Times , it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Miami, and we'd like to keep it that way.

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