• Question: why are jellyfish close to shore

    Asked by Nadine Jordan to Sebastian on 15 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Sebastian Gornik

      Sebastian Gornik answered on 15 Nov 2016:

      Jellyfish are not the best swimmers so they drift a lot with the tides and ocean currents. Strong onshore winds will also bring the surface water towards the shore, and with it comes the jellyfish. So while jellyfish are found all over the oceans, we mostly see them near shore when the wind, weather and currents have driven them there. this is also because we humans are mostly near the shore and not on or in the water, so we will see them there if we see them at all :-).

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