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I sail mostly below the bay bridge and in the summer there can be a lot of sea nettles (stinging jellyfish). I've always been told that nettles are less common or rarely found north of the bridge because the lower salinity of the water.
Yet, when I looked at NOAA's recent "Nettle Forecast" it shows predicts that conditions are best for nettles up the Chester River and north of the bridge, especially north of Baltimore?
Is that accurate or is NOAA's forecast (which really just looks at conditions favorable for nettles) flawed? I'm headed out this weekend and would love to find some nettle free water.
I sail mostly below the bay bridge and in the summer there can be a lot of sea nettles (stinging jellyfish). I've always been told that nettles are less common or rarely found north of the bridge because the lower salinity of the water.
Thanks Donna, that's exactly what I was hoping for...some real life observations.
What surprised me about NOAA's "forecast" is it indicates very low probability of nettles south of the bridge and high probabilities well north of the bridge. So, that leaves me wondering about the value of the "forecast." (It does show the area around Gratitude on light blue...low probability. So, they got that right.) Or whether I misunderstand conventional wisdom on nettles. (Always a distinct possibility.)
Hmmm....definitely looking like NOAA's nettle forecast model could use some refinement.
Quite a bit of conflicting information on how to treat stings. Some research that looks somewhat authoritative is dismissive of treatment such as urine and just advises going with something with lidocaine in it. I don't know. I prefer not to be the subject testing out various remedies.
I'm also in Herring Bay, south of the bridge. Are they always this bad in the mid-Chesapeake? This is my first summer on the Chesapeake and I was kind of hoping to take a swim off my boat sometime.
Just a few, quite sparse, on the Rhode River last weekend. And a few, but still sparser than I think of as normal for this time of year, around Annapolis
I am also dying to know who has tried out that Nettle Net. It looks awesome! But expensive - and I can hardly find any online reviews although it's been out for a while.
Um...didn't see many on the Corsica or swan creek? But we didnt swim either
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