A British tourist has been savaged online after posting a photo of the bite marks he suffered after going in the ocean.

The visitor to Australia posted a photo of the heel of their foot to Reddit on Thursday.

'I'm a Brit, I went in the sea in your country and got stung or bit or something,' they posted accompanied by a photo of five small black dots on their foot.

A British tourist has been savaged online after posting a photo of the bite marks he suffered after going in the ocean

The visitor to Australia posted a photo of the heel of their foot to Reddit on Thursday (stock image)

To add insult to injury, others began trolling them.

'Did you put those black marks there yourself or did you bring the f**king bubonic plague here you dirty Brit,' one person commented.

The response from the original poster was just as sharp.

'Maybe I caught something from shagging one of you filthy ozzies,' they replied.

The tit-for-tat didn't stop there, as one person responded: 'Aussies, not ozzies, you tea-drinking heathen swine'.

'Oh please, our sheilas wouldn't f**k a toothy Brit even if they felt sorry for him,' another said.

A more helpful Reddit user said the black dots were sea urchin puncture marks.

To add insult to injury, others began trolling them with vicious comments

The tit-for-tat didn't stop there, as one person responded: 'Aussies, not ozzies, you tea-drinking heathen swine'

Another Reddit user then chipped in with some more sledging about paying for the doctor

'Pull out any spike fragments remaining in your foot with tweezers and keep clean.

'There'll probably be some minor localised infection around the wounds and be a little painful for a couple of days but you'll live.

'If an infection shows signs of taking hold though you'll need to see a doctor for some antibiotics.'

Another Reddit user then chipped in with some more sledging.

One commenter said Australian women were not interested in British men

Some of the comments were sarcastic suggestions aiming to make the original poster feel panicked

'Chop it off. It's the only solution,' another person said, while one suggested that tthe sea urchin 'gave you a southern cross'.

'Must have been a patriotic animal.'

'S**t. Have you picked out your funeral songs?' one person asked.

Another invoked the recent ball tampering scandal involving the Australian cricket team.

'It looks like David Warner has been at you with sandpaper.'