It was a bad day for Mumbaikars at the beach on Saturday. Around 40 to 50 incidents of stinging due to marine creatures were reported right from Aksa Beach in Malad to Girgaum Chowpatty. It was later found that they were stung by the Portuguese man o' war, also called as the blue bottle jellyfish.

On Saturday morning, tourists, who had entered the waters in Aksa, complained to the lifeguards about a stinging sensation on their legs. Lifeguard Nathuram Suryavanshi from Aksa said, "We have been aware about the blue bottle jellyfish washing ashore and so we have been requesting people not to venture into the water. On Saturday, some people who had entered the waters complained to us that something had bitten them. They were confused as they did not know what had happened. We explained to them that there were not in danger but as a precautionary measure, they should be rushed to the hospital."