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Hawaii Jellyfish Sting Warnings | Important For Your 2022 Vacation

Plan your Jellyfish sting free 2022 Hawaii vacation now. Keep these tips in mind before booking cheap flights to Hawaii.

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  1. Our 3 year old daughter was stung by a jellyfish today (Jan 31, 2016) at Kamole 2 beach on Maui, just sitting right where the water barely reaches the sand. Poor girl was sitting there and started suddenly screaming in pain. Had her stand up and there was a quarter sized jellyfish stuck to her butt cheek. Hubby got it off and got stung too but she must have reached for it because it got both her hands too. Thankfully we went over to Scuba Shack across the street and the girl there poured vinegar on it, which seemed to help the swelling quite a bit pretty fast. GAve her some children’s ibuprofin and about 2 hours later she finally seemed to be feeling better. Hit her while at dinner tonight again though. Really put a damper on day 1 of vacation! Don’t like seeing that we can expect that the next few days possibly! May take a few pool days just to try to avoid it so she doesn’t get it again. Poor baby.

  2. Signs were up warning at Waikiki Dec 3-8th we were there and also went up to Wainae on dolphin snorkel too…someone I got a small sting on my leg above knee….never felt the pain, just had a round like a nickel size issue on my leg…came home and started to apply hydrogen peroxide and fissed up some …..then read about the vinagar, applied some of that…mainly the peroxide to kill the bacteria and then used neosporin antibiotic, anti scar cream….and that helped, can still see the spot, but getting better…I will be watching out for those warnings better and checking out the time schedule before next trip to Oahu…cause I love to live in the ocean there

  3. My husband was stung on Christmas day by a jelly fish. He was snorkeling at Punaluu on Oahu. He didn’t even see the one that stung him. Felt a strong stinging and ran out of the water. He has the marks now from his belly up his chest around his shoulder and down his back. Over a week later and you can still see it. Put vinegar on it immediately and soothed the stinging.

  4. Just went swimming on Mahalap’u Beach on Kauai. It was a LONG like back after my son was stung by a blue jelly. Dec. 20, 2015

    1. Hi Carrie,

      Sorry to hear that. What seems most unusual is the timing inasmuch as jelly fish aren’t expected for another two weeks.

      Aloha.

  5. We were in Ka’anapali for 10 days in early November 2015. I spent a lot of each day in the water snorkelling and swimming, both along Ka’anapali Beach and at Kahekili Beach,including the “jellyfish days”. Lots of people in the water; I didn’t get stung, and I didn’t see anyone else get stung, so I guess the risk is pretty low. Probably a good idea to bring vinegar with you to the beach, just in case.

  6. Never hurts to walk the beach you are going to swim/snorkel and look for jellyfish on the sand. The PMW will show bits of blue amid a clear jelly body. Don’t go in if you find any of these and be sure to warn others on the beach. If it is a lifeguarded beach, be sure to let them know so they can put up signs. I have come across these quite a few times as stated in this article- about a week after a full moon- and made sure everyone was warned. If they are on the beach, they are in the water, so take a few moments to check. Could save a vacation!

  7. I got stung by a Portuguese Man o’ War last night off the coast by the Sheridan hotel while watching the night Manta Rays. It wrapped around my right arm and left leg. The diver in the water with us pulled me to the boat and the captain was working to locate the PMOW. He spotted it and 2 more and ordered everyone out of the water. It was searing pain that almost made me pass out. One of the crew had me flush out the stings with warm water for about 5 minutes. That helped ease the pain. Today they are red welts that don’t hurt much. But hey, the Manta Rays were spectacular and beautiful! I don’t regret going 🙂

  8. My grandma was stung today on Kailua beach. I saw a different jellyfish in the water and I had no idea what it was. She got stung while boogie boarding. She want back to the sand and we all went back in with her. Before that we had never seen one on the beach. Then, after that we saw the jellyfish that stung her and a few other. We bought some medicine or something from the store.

  9. My wife and I are traveling to Hawaii from Sept 25 through Oct 12. We will likely be doing some snorkeling and maybe a dive near Waikiki on Oct 1st or 2nd. Then, we are already booked to go on two dives in Maui ( Molokini Crater and Turtle Arches ) on Oct 5th and then two in Kona on Oct 7th. Should we be concerned with jellyfish in these locations and on these dates?

    Are there any extra precautions that we should take ( I’m definitely wearing a long sleeve rash guard now ) or is there anything that we should pack in our dive bag to potentially help if we do get stung? ( please do not tell me to put a bottle of pee in my bag )

    Thanks!

    W

    1. Hi Wilks,

      Probably best to check with the tour operators regarding Jellyfish although it is highly unlikely.

      Aloha.

    2. Went snorkeling on September 7th in Maui and Lanai. Several people on the tour were stung by jellyfish near the west coast of Maui. After the trip I looked up jellyfish in Hawaii and the dates mached up for jellyfish arrival. Nobody was seriously injured, good news, as we were all pulled out of the water.

  10. My niece was stung by Portuguese Man O’War at Bellows Beach Aug.1. The beach is known for them, however it would have been nice to have extra notice that day (perhaps a board with number of stings next to warning sign that is always up), because according to the lifeguard, hers was the 16th that day. Scraped with credit card and vinegar applied. Jellyfish spray was applied after they were told it was on beach bag. She refused to go in the water the remainder of her vacation. Spotted a PMOW floating in Kaneohe Bay also.

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