It’s been another day of weather for ducks — and bluebottles.
A north-easterly swell and south-easterly winds have washed bluebottles (or Portuguese Man-of-War) on to Cronulla beaches.
A bluebottle is a colony of four variations of co-dependent polyps.
They are more common on exposed ocean beaches after strong onshore winds.
They can be difficult to detect in the water, so swimmers should avoid areas where they are known to be present.
The best way to treat a bluebottle sting is to wash the affected area, preferably with hot water.
A bluebottle body measures 3-15 centimetres and tentacles can range from 15 centimetres to 10 metres in length.
Large volumes of stormwater run-off also resulted in beach erosion at Cronulla.
Sydney received 13 millimetres of rain in the 24 hours to 9am today.
The forecast for the rest of the day is for scattered showers, S/SW winds of 15-25 km/h and a top of 17 degrees.
How are you surviving this revolting weather?
