Yes, this weekend the Outer Banks brought cold water temperatures, a few sea lice and thousands of red jellyfish. However, by Saturday late afternoon the surf was up, there were fewer jellyfish and the water temps were simply balmy.
After a brief swim I took a video of the jelly fish in question in Corolla. This guy was swimming happily in a tidal pool created during high tide. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!
Outer Banks Jelly Fish from shootmenowblog on Vimeo.
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