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Hordes of transparent organisms are washing up on Spain’s Costa del Sol: How ‘salps’ can cause a nasty smell and slimy sea water

A HARMLESS jellyfish-like creature called a salp has been washing up on Andalucian beaches in vast quantities, bringing the risk of a sticky, foul-smelling mess. Swarms of the translucent animals have been

31 Jan, 2024 @ 16:22

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

KING OF THE JELLYFISH: Monster 40kg behemoth photographed off Alicante coast

BEACH-GOERS in Alicante got a shock when they spotted a giant jellyfish floating just metres from the shore. The remarkable sight unfolded on Sunday at Muchavista Beach in El Campello, with photos

15 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Lead

Pelagia Noctiluca Purple Striped Jellyfish

Jellyfish Invasion: Swarms Hit Nerja and Torrox Beaches in Spain

OVER the past weekend, a surge of jellyfish originating from the Granada coast has washed up on the shores of Nerja and Torrox. The beaches of Nerja and Torrox were recently teeming

1 Aug, 2023 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga

Giant Mediterranean jellyfish washes up on beach in Spain’s Tarifa

A SPECIMEN of Rhizostoma pulmo, the largest jellyfish species in the Mediterranean, has washed up on a beach in Tarifa. The impressive find was made last week on the shore of Playa

28 Jul, 2023 @ 09:15

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

LISTED: Beaches in Spain’s Costa del Sol flying yellow jellyfish warning flags

YELLOW and orange warning flags have been flying since yesterday, Friday August 12, along the western coast of Malaga due to the high presence of jellyfish— with Marbella the municipality with the

13 Aug, 2022 @ 11:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Alert for high concentration of jellyfish in Costa del Sol’s Torremolinos and Marbella

AUGUST has started with a jellyfish invasion on the western coast of Malaga. According to marine conservation experts from the Aula del Mar in Malaga a high concentration of these poisonous invertebrates

2 Aug, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Jellyfish alert on several beaches of Costa del Sol, particularly Spain’s Estepona

YELLOW and orange warning flags have been flying all weekend along the western coast of Malaga due to the high presence of jellyfish. Although the weather and the heat wave have given

11 Jul, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Experts warn of high numbers of jellyfish along Spain’s Costa del Sol due to levante winds

EXPERTS foresee a higher concentration of jellyfish on the Costa del Sol this summer due to the currents of the Alboran Sea and a series of other conditions, such as the sea

26 Jun, 2022 @ 10:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Higher than normal number of jellyfish expected along Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer experts warn

MARINE conservation experts from the Aula del Mar in Malaga have said the presence of jellyfish on the Costa del Sol this summer may be ‘more abundant than normal’. The bathing water

14 Jun, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Jellyfish and dead dolphins washed up as beaches bereft of sand threaten Easter tourism on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RECENT STORMS smashing into Costa Blanca have caused sufficient damage to threaten the pending Easter break for the hospitality industry. With awful timing, it is the first opportunity that tourism has had

6 Apr, 2022 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Jellyfish population surge on southern Spanish beaches as rising sea pollution kills predators

MALAGA’S beaches could soon be inundated with record numbers of jellyfish, marine experts have warned. Climate change, water conditions, the urbanisation of the Mediterranean coast and other factors have led to a

8 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

EGG-TASTIC! Incredible ‘fried egg jellyfish’ spotted off coast of Spain’s Formentera

The species literally looks like an egg cracked into water and can can up to 35cm in diameter

7 Sep, 2021 @ 13:04

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

JELLYFISH PATROL: Fishermen in Spain’s Gandia launch yearly summer campaign to clear unwanted pests from the sea

TEAMS of fishermen are working to clear jellyfish from the sea off the beaches of Gandia (La Safor, Valencia Province). The yearly contract has once again been signed between the council and

14 Jul, 2021 @ 14:00

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thousands of dangerous jellyfish swarm beaches of Spain’s Costa Blanca

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH has seen thousands of jellyfish washed up on its shores this weekend. Most were the harmless Velella (or Sea Raft) but hundreds were found to be the extremely dangerous

12 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Jellyfish flex their tentacles in annual return to Mar Menor beaches in Spain’s Murcia region

PORTUGUESE man o’war jellyfish have been sighted for the first time this year on beaches around La Manga and the Mar Menor in Murcia. Though called a jellyfish, the man o’war is

31 Mar, 2021 @ 19:35

Mar Menor·Murcia

Lifeguard spots two-metre-long jellyfish swimming among tourists on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The creature was then allowed to move freely, before it returned to deeper waters

14 Aug, 2019 @ 11:01

Lead·Malaga·Nature

Woman in hospital after stung in the face by Portuguese man o’ war on the Costa Blanca

A WOMAN has been stung in the face by a Portuguese man o’ war after she went swimming on the Costa Blanca. The middle-aged woman was bathing off Cabo de las Huertas,

3 Jun, 2019 @ 22:37

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: HUGE jellyfish wash up on beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Briton Mattie Barnett spotted the floating creatures while walking on Caleta de la Velez beach in Velez-Malaga

13 May, 2019 @ 15:09

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Why have jellyfish invaded the Costa del Sol?

Study hopes to reveal why the Costa del Sol has been bombarded with jellyfish this year

12 Aug, 2018 @ 13:00

Environment·Lead

What to do if you are stung by a jellyfish in Spain

WITH the news that potentially lethal Man-o-war ‘jellyfish’ are back on the Costa del Sol, it’s important to know what to do and what not to do if you are stung.

17 Apr, 2018 @ 15:23

Health·Lead

‘Lethal jellyfish’ capable of killing humans spotted on Costa del Sol

BE careful of your step Portuguese man-of-war have landed. With long purple tentacles, that sting at best and can be fatal at worst, the floating terror has been spotted along the beaches

17 Apr, 2018 @ 14:46

Lead

Bloom of jellyfish washed up on Mallorca beach following storms

JELLYFISH are invading the beaches of Mallorca as a result of recent storms. Images of the aquatic creatures, normally found in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans, were posted on social

17 Jan, 2018 @ 16:44

Lead·Mallorca

jellyfish plague in malaga thousands of bathers affected

Jellyfish damaging business on Marbella beaches

Hundreds of stings reported over the weekend

13 Jul, 2015 @ 17:46

Health·Lead·Malaga·Nature

Jellyfish warning app launching for Costa del Sol

In recent years jellyfish have become a major problem on the coast's beaches during the summer

7 Jul, 2014 @ 15:46

Malaga

British PM David Cameron stung by jellyfish in Lanzarote

The British Prime Minister - on holiday with his family - was heard shouting in pain

18 Apr, 2014 @ 12:20

National News

Juicy jellyfish!

Get creative with delicious jellyfish recipe

23 Sep, 2013 @ 14:33

Food & Drink·Other News