Does the ocean in Nicaragua have dangerous animals in it?
Mike Cobb - ECI Development
The Pacific Ocean in Nicaragua is home to sharks and stingrays, both of which can be dangerous to humans. The stingray shuffle is a common technique to prevent a sting. As you walk in the ocean, shuffle your feet in the sand and it scares away the stingrays. Heat, rather than ice, is the best treatment for a stingray sting.
The Pacific Ocean in Nicaragua is home to sharks and stingrays, both of which can be dangerous to humans. The stingray shuffle is a common technique to prevent a sting. As you walk in the ocean, shuffle your feet in the sand and it scares away the stingrays. Heat, rather than ice, is the best treatment for a stingray sting.
Posted January 19, 2014
Eddy Marin-Ruiz - The Mortgage Store Nicaragua
When it comes to the ocean, our biggest concern here in Nicaragua is the current. I believe that current more of a danger than sharks.Definitely, there are certain beaches where you have to watch out for stingrays, but not as a general rule of precaution. More drownings occur annually because of rip current and just general current than occur due to animals. I am more concerned of currents than I am with animals.
(Picture: US Navy at a training...
When it comes to the ocean, our biggest concern here in Nicaragua is the current. I believe that current more of a danger than sharks.Definitely, there are certain beaches where you have to watch out for stingrays, but not as a general rule of precaution. More drownings occur annually because of rip current and just general current than occur due to animals. I am more concerned of currents than I am with animals.
(Picture: US Navy at a training event in a rip tide.)
Posted August 8, 2015
Carolyn Membreño - León Travel Bureau
There are no dangerous animals like sharks in the waters of Nicaragua. However, in some areas, you will find stingrays. There are fresh-water sharks in Lake Managua but they are not a threat to humans. The most unsafe things that you will find in the water are people drowning because there are rip tides and currents that could take inexperienced swimmers out to the sea. That would be the biggest fear that one could expect in the waters of Nicaragua...
There are no dangerous animals like sharks in the waters of Nicaragua. However, in some areas, you will find stingrays. There are fresh-water sharks in Lake Managua but they are not a threat to humans. The most unsafe things that you will find in the water are people drowning because there are rip tides and currents that could take inexperienced swimmers out to the sea. That would be the biggest fear that one could expect in the waters of Nicaragua because rip tides happen often. Accidents happen usually during Semana Santa (Easter week). Some people swim in the lake and sometimes people do not realize that lake water is a lot different from seawater, so when they go into seawater, they are not prepared. There are a lot of currents in unexpected places and people have been known to just get swept away by the tides because they were unaccustomed to the water and it could happen at any moment.
(Montelimar Beach, Nicaragua, pictured.)
Posted January 10, 2016
Zachary Lunin - Aurora Beachfront Realty
The ocean is a big place. The Pacific Ocean is filled with all types of dangerous animals. The one that you would be most concerned about here in Nicaragua is the stingray. There are certain times in the year where stingrays abound in this part of the Pacific Ocean, generally when the water temperature is at its coldest. This is when the stingrays will come closest to the beach in order to take advantage of the warmer water in the shallows. So during that time of the year, you would...The ocean is a big place. The Pacific Ocean is filled with all types of dangerous animals. The one that you would be most concerned about here in Nicaragua is the stingray. There are certain times in the year where stingrays abound in this part of the Pacific Ocean, generally when the water temperature is at its coldest. This is when the stingrays will come closest to the beach in order to take advantage of the warmer water in the shallows. So during that time of the year, you would want to be careful with stingrays. There are some jellyfish here as well but the danger is nothing that is life threatening. The jellyfish that we have here only cause some rash or discomfort more than anything else. I have been here in San Juan Del Sur for 13 years and I do not know of a single instance of anyone being attacked by a shark anywhere in the entire country of Nicaragua. I have friends who go spear fishing and I know of one story where one time they saw a shark.
Obviously, when you are in the sea, your children always need to be supervised. I go to the ocean with my kids a couple of times a week. Yesterday we spent a couple of hours at Playa Madera splashing with the waves and enjoying ourselves. The wave action here in San Juan Del Sur requires attention. You need to supervise your kids because as a parent you would worry about them drowning but you don’t need to be worried about them being attacked by some kind of dangerous animal in the sea.
(Surf property near Leon, Nicaragua, pictured.)
Posted February 6, 2016