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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 33.530 / -117.770 | Woods cove, a colony of the by the wind sailing blue jell |
Velella | |||
| Sail Jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 
|
33.470 / -117.700 | Strands beach in Dana Point CA, covered in these along th |
Velella | ||
| Santa Monica… | Jellywatcher | 
|
34.010 / -118.500 | A lot on the shore |
Velella | ||
| Parrotts Creek… | Jellywatcher | 37.730 / -76.620 | Multiple small lion’s mane jellyfish (2-3 inch diameter) |
Jellyfish | |||
| By the wind… | Jellywatcher | 
|
34.020 / -118.490 | Bright blue with clear “fin” in water and on shore. |
Velella | ||
| Velella… | Jellywatcher | 
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33.640 / -117.970 | Huntington state beach at newland Street |
Velella | ||
| Newport Beach… | Jellywatcher | 
|
33.620 / -117.930 | By the wind sailor jellies noted at Newport Beach north o |
Velella | ||
| Jellyfish in… | Jellywatcher | 33.630 / -117.950 | Multiple on the beach. |
Velella | |||
| Monk seal… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
19.780 / -156.040 | Solitary seal hauled out on the sandy beach. |
Vertebrate | ||
| marina del rey… | Jellywatcher | 
|
33.970 / -118.460 | Velella | |||
| sighting | Jellywatcher | 33.970 / -118.460 | 100s washed up in marina del rey |
Velella | |||
| Velella in… | Jellywatcher | 
|
33.650 / -118.000 | Velella | |||
| Velella… | Jellywatcher | 33.960 / -118.450 | Velella velella at the high water mark along the beach at |
Jellyfish | |||
| Velella sailor… | Jellywatcher | 
|
33.970 / -118.470 | Marina del Rey / Venice beach |
Velella | ||
| By the Wind… | Jellywatcher | 33.990 / -118.470 | Many were along the shore at the beach. |
Velella | |||
| New Smyrna… | Jellywatcher | 
|
29.030 / -80.930 | Several Portuguese MoW along the length of beach |
Man o war | ||
| Vellela | Jellywatcher | 34.040 / -118.620 | Hundreds of blue/clear Velella washed up on Big Rock beac |
Velella | |||
| Heceta Beach,… | Jellywatcher | 
|
44.110 / -124.020 | Mile or more swathe along the tide line |
Velella | ||
| Benthic… | MobileAnonymous | 19.670 / -156.030 | Outside the harbor in Kona, at 100 feet depth, we saw two |
Other | Ctenophore | ||
| Massive… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
26.040 / 56.060 | Massive Bloom of Sanderia Malayensis Jellyfish seen offsh |
Jellyfish | Sanderia | |
| Hard to… | Jellywatcher | 
|
38.170 / -76.850 | Very warm day about 81° Fahrenheit. |
Jellyfish | ||
| Mandalay beach… | Jellywatcher | 
|
34.190 / -119.240 | Thousands washed on shore durind wind advisory. |
Velella | ||
| Sea Center,… | Jellywatcher | 
|
34.410 / -119.690 | collected 20 by-the-wind sailors; all 20 were left-handed |
Velella | ||
| Several fresh… | Jellywatcher | 32.520 / 34.900 | Caesaria Port |
Plastic | |||
| Cannonball… | Jellywatcher | 
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33.870 / -78.000 | Numerous cannonball jellyfish had washed ashore on Bald H |
Jellyfish |