Jellyfish stings..where is the worst place you've been hit?

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  1. NICAfiend

    NICAfiend Well-Known Member

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    May 12, 2012
    On my first trip to Nicaragua I was getting stung by jellyfish almost every session. Generally just on my legs and forearms but on the biggest and gnarliest day there I took a bad wipe out and was being held under, to make matters worse while down in the abyss I got killed on my face, neck and arms by what seemed to be an army of them. I've also been gotten good by a man o' war before on my leg and had my foot blow up twice the size as the other one. Knock on wood, but it's probably been a good 5 years since being stung last. That sh!t sucks!!!
     
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  2. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    Directly in the eye. Instant pain and violent sneezing.
     
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  3. Chim_Richalds

    Chim_Richalds New Member

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    Jun 18, 2018
    Idk how this happened to this day, but when I was a kid (prolly 8-10) I was body surfing in Ocean City NJ and had a tentacle wrap around my jawn-piece, or at least that's what it felt like. Freaked out and started crying like a little girl. My older cousin grabbed me and was trying to calm me down, but there was no calming down a little dude in that situation. It was throbbing in seering pain for the rest of the day and I still wear compression shorts in the ocean because of it.
     
  4. Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor

    Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor Well-Known Member

    Aug 22, 2012
    When I was maybe 10 years old I had one caught in my bathing suit (which, of course, had the mesh liner) and I was screaming in pain. My mom ran down to the waters edge and dropped my drawers for me and started splashing water on my tiny, cold, freshly stung, pre-pubescent penis as literally every single person in the whole world watched.

    Going to go home and cry now. Hadn't thought of that episode in years.
     
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  5. Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor

    Riley Martin's Disgruntled Neighbor Well-Known Member

    Aug 22, 2012
    We'd like to see pics of your girlfriend, wife, or mom (if she's hot), and you have to start an intro thread. You know the rules. No sneaking in on a jellyfish thread.
     
  6. jaklsurfs

    jaklsurfs Well-Known Member

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    Apr 26, 2015
    Today it seems the jellyfish are out for blood. i got several stings today ,both legs and one arm.
    I didnt want another critter washing up on my board stingin the crap outa my leg or far worse ,it landing in my crotch so i bailed
    As for the worse ,got to be the ol crotch full of jellyfish or paddlin though a wave and have it wrap around your neck
     
  7. jaklsurfs

    jaklsurfs Well-Known Member

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    Apr 26, 2015
    The flags are up for dangerous marine life
     
  8. jaklsurfs

    jaklsurfs Well-Known Member

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    Apr 26, 2015
    Wear some lycra around the parts and under the boardies cuz those nasty tentacles will just break off and stick to your skin
    Other day a dude had a full black lycra suit on, he was hot but no jellyfish stings
     
  9. LazyE

    LazyE Well-Known Member

    Aug 6, 2014
    Jellies were thick here a couple weeks ago. Son got zapped on his foot and leg pretty bad as he walked in. He toughed it out well. I've heard vinegar takes the sting out. Worst for me was the family jewels.
     
  10. jaklsurfs

    jaklsurfs Well-Known Member

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    Apr 26, 2015
    Yeah ballsack is bad
    I think worse is the face and neck wrap
    I hit my stings with vinegar water mix when i got home and followed with some baking soda and water wash
    plus a tiny bit of alcohol used for pain management
     
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  11. jaklsurfs

    jaklsurfs Well-Known Member

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    Apr 26, 2015
    The eyeball story is gonna freak me out tomorrow morning when im gettin ready to paddle out .......
     
  12. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    It's like DMT dude, unbelievable intensity but short duration. The body is an amazing thing.
     
  13. LongIslandBro

    LongIslandBro Well-Known Member

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    Jul 21, 2017
    Pretty much the crotch and arm pits.
     
  14. LazyE

    LazyE Well-Known Member

    Aug 6, 2014
    Got zapped over a week ago on my left lat still have a red irritated whelp. Think it coulda been a manowar! I think because I posted in this tread!
     
  15. sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

    Jun 17, 2013
    Damn,that reminds me of time the Tuesday before Thanksgiving it was 30 years ago I remember it like yesterday. Day before a building swell was due, ocean temps down here still in upper 70s, I started off on an ocean mile, halfway down to the inlet I put my arm thru a man o war, it wrapped me around the shoulder and got in my pit. I had some Harris liquid meat tenderizer in my backpack, it is liquid papaya extract, and I poured it on my towel and applied it to my underarm. The shooting pains quelled in a very short period of time, but I had welts that itched and lasted for weeks. It ruined my Thxg holiday weekend, I was kinda woozy the whole time. Luckily I had it on me.

    I remember running back to my beach bag, then thinking I shouldn't run, it will pump the poison into my torso quicker. So I walked fast the rest of the way. That stuff was a lifesaver.

    I can't find it anymore, it used to be sold in Winn Dixie and the Grator Gator market on Singer Island and in the ghetto. The powdered stuff = Adolph's - is almost worthless. These days I have a tube of benedryl extra strength creme and a bottle of my wife's papaya vinegar in the backpack. Now I've been told to ixnay the vinegar, just use straight papaya extract or pulp like the old days. Papaya enzymes (papain) break down protein. Man o war inject amino acids into you. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. That's why papaya works, even better than piss LOL.
     
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