ShakaZulu:
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ShakaZulu:
sb_diver:Hey I've seen those purple stripers while diving before in the Santa Barbara Channel.. do any of you know if they sting bad? I gave them a wide berth just in case.. kinda freaked me out when returning to the boat up the anchor line and seeing 6 of them swimming around the boat, the biggest had a bell that was at least 18 inches across.
On another note, I just did a blue water dive this weekend out about 10 miles from shore on some oil platform mooring buoys, there was a ripping current(over knot and a half) and we saw thousands and thousands of salps and other jellies, those were way cool, don't sting you bad though.
Can't wait to see the photos you took, hopefully it will help us put an end to this mystery.
Thomas
scottfiji:I swam through a large school of box jellies yesterday in Malibu. Good thing they are not as dangerous as their australian cousins.
http://jellieszone.com/cubozoa.htm
archman:That weblink highly underrates the danger of C. marsupialis, and needs to be appended This species may not be as potent as Chironex, but it'll still leave nasty lesions and hurt like the dickens. And with kids and high-risk folks, encounters can be fatal.
How'd you fare through the ordeal Scott? Wetsuit and fancy finning kept you safe, I hope?
Christina21: