St Kilda midfielder Koby Stevens has uncovered he was headed to Brighton shoreline when an email touched base about the 'ocean lice' who tore up a Melbourne young person's legs on the end of the week. 

Sam Kanizay, 16, went for a 30-minute dunk at Dendy Street Beach in Brighton on Saturday evening and exited with what his family said were small marine animals eating his legs. 

Sam's dad Jarrod said the animals "ate through Sam's skin" and left him draining lavishly. 

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In the wake of acknowledging they couldn't stop the dying, the youngster was hurried to healing center where staff were puzzled by the "stick measured gaps" everywhere on his legs. 

With Sam's circumstance everywhere throughout the news, the Saints were careful about their players finishing a recuperation session in Brighton. 

The club is situated in Seaford yet most players live nearer to Melbourne in rural areas, for example, Brighton and St Kilda itself.