It was an interesting experience. It hurt a lot for the first 2 days after the string, but then began to fade. A week to th day after the sting, I woke up with my leg swelled up like a balloon and it itched like crazy and blistered progressively over the next week. Then, it all faded and I recovered. A year later, almost to the day, my leg swelled up a little bit and was itchy again, but no blistering or marks were present. I was slightly swollen and itchy for 2 days, then went away. I've not had any issues since, and have no visible scarring. In hindsight, it was probably not a sea nettle, but I have no other indication what it might have been.

Brian Harris thank you so much for relying! I had my first day at Hilton Head today! 20 minutes of being in the water I got stung. Not gonna lie, the pain is one thing, but I’m paranoid it’s going to scar. The tentacles wrapped around my ankle and I have to say it looks pretty gnarly. As an rn I was a little frustrated with the lack of consensus on how to treat these wounds.

@@Michelle-bl8sz Sorry to hear that you were stung, too. I hope that yours does not flare up again like mine did, but if it does, I have two recommendations that worked well for me. First- The itching the week after the sting was the worst I've ever experienced... more than any sort of poison ivy or even chicken pox as a child. The only thing that gave relief was to run the affected area under the hottest water I could stand for 30-60 seconds. This makes it itch miserably, but only for a short duration before the itching subsides. You get maybe 2-4 hours of relief from doing this, so it helps immensely, especially with getting to sleep. The second thing was that the swelling and blistering was greatly relieved by filling a kitchen-sized trash can with cold water and ice. I would often do the hot water part, followed by cold ice water, relieving the itch and reducing the swelling one after the other. I did my very best not to scratch at it, which I assumed greatly reduced my chance of any scarring. As an RN, you probably know a little better what might work, but that's what I found was effective for me over creams, etc! Best of luck!

Brian Harris this was SO helpful! Like I said even as an RN I could not find consistent guidelines on how to treat the wound. I will definitely take your advice to heart. I have autoimmune issues and I wonder if that’s why my reaction was more severe than the average person’s. It was definitely a nettle and it looks like yours did in this video. I can’t thank you enough for responding with this info, I feel a lot more reassured just to know a while out you were able to manage the pain and not scar.

I believe it's a patchwork ray from PL Ltd, but I'm not 100% sure.

same just got stung today definitely not harmless, just a burning and itching for about 10 minutes then it’s on and off and then poof it’s gone

Mark Reilly my sea nettle sting felt like a bumblebee. Seriously, it burned but not that much. I was catching them

Same got stung a few years ago in Barnegat bay

actual trash that may not be a sea nettle... their stings aren’t that potent

BayAreaCrasher thanks! Unfortunately, color correction is not in my skill set, yet. :(

This was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, not Rhode Island, sorry!

Is this the midi or maxi version?

It's the maxi... 30 meters (100 feet) long