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Many Delaware Beachgoers Feel the Sting of a Blooming Jellyfish Population
DELAWARE, AUG 6 – Delaware beaches reported over 1,200 jellyfish stings in 2025, a fourfold increase from last year, driven by warming waters fostering jellyfish blooms, officials said.
- Tracking of jellyfish stings commenced this year, with over 1,200 cases reported so far, and Fenwick Island State Park recorded 92 stings on a single July day, said the Delaware State Beach Patrol.
- Warming ocean waters create ideal conditions for jellyfish, and Bayha said that their lack of natural predators leaves them as an ecological dead end.
- Maine’s Ogunquit Fire Department warned beachgoers in June as blooms spread from Maine to Florida, where Florida’s Volusia County reported hundreds of stings around Memorial Day weekend.
- Responding to the surge, lifeguards took three to urgent care after stings and began carrying vinegar solutions, Malloy-Harder said she visited two stores to find vinegar.
- Looking ahead, Bayha predicts jellyfish will die when waters cool, and Muller-Parker hopes more research will clarify ecological impacts and improve safety advisories.
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'We’ve never seen anything like this': Delaware beach-goers swear they feel the jellyfish sting more than ever
More beachgoers have been getting an unexpected shock this summer as jellyfish numbers bloom along the Delaware coast, interrupting — but not stopping — the summer fun. Beach patrol captains reported a dramatic increase in jellyfish activity and stings in July, the most they’ve seen in recent memory. Lewes Beach reported a fourfold increase in stings compared to 2024. Lion’s manes, which can have 100-foot (30-meter) tentacles, sea nettles and mo…
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Many Delaware beachgoers feel the sting of a blooming jellyfish population
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Many vacationers have taken an unpleasant surprise this summer, as the number of jellyfish has increased along the Delaware coast, interrupting summer fun, but without stopping it altogether.
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