Man-o-wars no less!
http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?sectionId=60&articleId=7d8722f30030009I was at the beach today and five or six washed up and were being thrashed around in the surf right where I was swimming with my daughter.
I saw another three or four further out that looked bigger than them too.
As the day progressed they seemed to go away though...
Funny story kind of:
I went to take out an ocean kayak with my 4 year old daughter. Strapped on her life jacket and then pulled the boat out past where the waves were breaking (or so I thought) and then jumped on.
I swung the kayak around to face the waves and head away from the beach only to find myself face to face with what looked like a darn tsunami wave. It raised the front of the boat so far my daughter went flying...backwards...right where the wave broke on the beach.
All I saw was head...then a foot....then one arm...two feet...another arm....etc etc.
She was thrown around like a bit of a rag doll. Sand was caked in her hair in huge clumps. She stood up and choked a bit and then started to cry.
I grabbed her and took her into the deeper water and just tried to calm her down while trying to rinse her hair. Eventually tears turned to sniffles and I was able to put her down and give her brother a go...which we did.
Sam, who had seen Casey's little adventure wanted nothing more to do with the kayak but when I got back to the beach there was Casey with her lifejacket back on and wanting to try again. It was just too rough for her though she eventually chickened out, but she made me promise we'd do it another time when the water is a bit calmer.
