Hi everyone
The last few times I've been to Botany Bay, there have been countless orange jelly blubbers, that take a lot of the fun out of sailing. I've noticed that the numbers of wingdingers and windsurfers is down. To save me driving there and checking it out, does anyone know if they are still there?
Have been a lot lately - there definitely there on wed 28 jan - dont expect them to move away quickly but i am no expert
I was there saturday 31/1/26, and the jellys were as bad as I can remember. Tried to stay out of the water and OK on a windsurfer (fin). Just feel the fin hitting them regularly. Probably pretty bad for foils as I imagine they could knock you over easily.
They used to be really bad in the early 2000s up near the run way, river mouth. Probably to do with the amount of crap coming out of the river. From memory they were always bad towards the end of the Seabreeze seasons. Was the same situation down around Dolls Point.
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They used to be really bad in the early 2000s up near the run way, river mouth. Probably to do with the amount of crap coming out of the river. From memory they were always bad towards the end of the Seabreeze seasons. Was the same situation down around Dolls Point.
Yeah, I've been sailing Kyeemah for around 30 years. In the last 15 or so since the new car park opened I sail closer to the river mouth than I used to. The jellys are very bad at the moment and in many places. I saw them floating around at the beach between the swimmers... lots over against the runway. Really dense patch about 50m off the beach as you head out. Not too bad in the middle.
If you are able to stay upright when you hit them (pretty easy on a fin) and stay out of the drink, it is fine for sailing. A winger was complaining to me that if you hit one with the foil he almost always falls in.
