Tides and jellyfish

Interesting about the tides...I still have no idea of the pattern, but today was definitely really high and really low. This morning on our 2 mile walk it was particularly high, and the beach was littered with washed up jellyfish. We looked them up, and they are Portuguese Man O' War. Their sting can be very nasty, and even fatal! And they can still sting after they are dead. You had to keep your eyes open, I tell you. Some of them were very tiny, and the biggest of the washed up ones was about 6-8 inches long. They are a bright purple-blue colour. In fact, we had no idea what these things were when we first saw them. The vibrant colour looked like something man-made. Of course I didn't have the camera this morning, and when we went down again at low tide with the camera, most of them were washed away or buried. I did manage to get a couple of pictures, but it's no comparison to the sheer numbers of them that were still glistening from being washed up this morning. Saw some movement too, so I imagine some of them were still alive.
The pictures can't really impart the size of the beach at low tide either. Low tide is easier walking, as the sand is packed down however, I'm sure it's a better workout on the loose sand!
We had some sun today, but was also overcast in the afternoon/early evening. Tomorrow should be a nice sunny day again.