'It's disgusting': Millions of maggots plague Sydney beaches

Sydney’s northern beaches continue to deal with swarms of maggots that were first spotted by shocked swimmers on Sunday.

Beachgoers planning on heading to Dee Why were warned that the maggots were spreading after Bilgola and Newport beaches further north were both inundated on Sunday.

A Surf Life Saving spokeswoman told Yahoo7 News it’s believed a bunch of seaweed littered with maggot eggs had washed up during high tide, allowing them to hatch around the popular northern beaches.

The rock pool at Bilgola was closed after the infested seaweed was in there.

"It was disgusting, this moving carpet of white maggots," Bilgola local Colin Weir told News Corp.

“I’ve been going to this beach every year for 15 years and have never seen anything like this.

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Bilgola resident Jane Gardens shared photos of the scene, writing “zillions of maggots washed up on the tide at Newport Beach”.

While dangerous surf warnings were issued for several beaches around New South Wales on Wednesday, it was kelp fly maggots that kept swimmers away from Dee Why beach.

Warnings have been issued for Byron Coast, Coffs Coast, Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast and Batemans Coast.

But for northern beaches it's now a waiting game for the larvae to develop into flies, however locals are being warned that more maggots could be on the way during the next high tide.

The spokeswoman said lifeguards have no plans of shutting down any of the maggot infested beaches at this point.

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