Quote Originally Posted by Jamaica Joleen View Post
I am amazed by the amount of knowledge found on this board. Thank you and happy swimming for me!!
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Been to Negril several times, but all of my past visits I have been a few pounds heavier and a smoker. I quit smoking and started running about 4 months ago and have found the best cure for those terrible cravings is activity.
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I live in Wisconsin and have a small cabin on a lake. A few years ago, I took my snorkel equipment down to the shore of our lake for a swim. Gotta tell you, the stuff I saw in our lake scared the crap out of me. What did I see? 2 turtles, a school of fish and ALOT of weeds. The weeds scared me more than anything cuz I didn't know what was in them. I vowed after that experience to never snorkel in WI again.
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Really looking forward to snorkeling and my mind is much more at ease.
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While on the topic, what should a person do if hit by a jelly fish, sea urchin, lion fish, etc???
Stay calm, swim back to the boat asap where hopefully they will have something put spray on the sting and most importantly - if you get stung, try not to yell while underwater, it never works out too well.... lol

The most likely thing to get you is jelly fish. Be aware of floating "trash" on the surface of the water, they often will congregate with it. I got stuck in the middle of a flotilla of little ones and yeah, it hurt but I survived. As for sea urchins - you are ok as long as you stay away and don't put a bare foot down on the bottom where they usually are. And when swimming near rocks exercise caution. As explained earlier, lion fish spines are for defense not offense - so if you leave them alone, they won't bother you.