David Strike wrote:

 > > While you may have missed their peak (March) if you hurried you might
> > catch the end of the thimble-jelly season in CZM.  Those horrid little
> > 2cm buggers would likely frighten you to death, especially when they
> > appear in clouds of *thousands*. :-)
>
> I once read Sir Alistair Hardy's, "The Open Sea:  Part1", which is all
about
> plankton.  Since which time, I've been more fascinated by the minute stuff
> than I am by the large critters.  It really is a treat - especially at
> night - to witness another world of marine life that's usually passed off
as
> 'bad vis'!  :-)

You would not like this minute stuff.  Thimble jelly fish larvae are
otherwise known as Sea Lice and, for those that are vulnerable to them,
which seems to include everyone but me, they make those who run into them
miserable for about a week.  Jayna is particularly vulnerable to them, as
she is to most biological toxins.  She breaks out in puss filled sores
within hours.  Most breakin out in a day or two.  I get red dots, with no
discomfort at all, about 7 days after exposure.

I have some oil substance that claims it will cure Sea Lice.  It's made
right up the coast a ways from here and carries a most unusual guarantee.
If it doesn't work, those that have purchased it are invited to stop in and
kick the manufacturer's butt.  I carry one bottle of it in my save a
dive/tool kit and another in my shaving kit, just to make sure that if Jayna
ever needs it again, I have it handy.

Lee