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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Sea cliff… Jellywatcher 36.970 / -121.910

Saw hundreds if by the sail blue jellyfish

Jellyfish
Portuguese Man… Jellywatcher 30.290 / -87.470

Saw hundreds of mow from Pensacola to Gulf Shores, looks

Man o war
Pteropods (… katmartens Alt text 36.610 / -121.890

Saw hundreds of pteropods at San Carlos Beach in Monterey

Other Pteropod
Velella… Jellywatcher 36.810 / -121.780

Saw hundreds of Velella Velella in Moss Landing Harbor an

Velella Velella
Sailor… Jellywatcher 39.020 / -123.690

Saw hundreds of Vellela Vellela on Irish Beach in Manches

Velella Velella
Odd Looking… Jellywatcher Alt text 30.390 / -86.490

Saw hundreds of what might be jellyfish on the sands in d

Jellyfish
Polyorchis… jellyhunter 36.610 / -121.880

Saw hundreds, if not thousands, of Polyorchis penicillatu

Jellyfish
Alatina alata… cnatsphysalia 17.880 / -66.520

Saw it while SCUBA Diving

Box Jelly
jellyfish at… Jellywatcher 39.380 / -123.820

Saw jelly-like things all over the beach, never seen befo

Jellyfish
bioluminescent… Jellywatcher 32.870 / -117.260

saw just off of scripps pier

Red Tide bioluminescent algal bloom
Allatina… Jellywatcher 23.550 / 58.660

Saw large 1 ft long (body of jellyfish - tentacles longer

Jellyfish
Rhizostoma… Jellywatcher 49.360 / -1.810

Saw large numbers of Rhizostoma octopus jellyfish off Car

Jellyfish
Maraetai Beach… Jellywatcher -36.880 / 175.040

Saw loads of these tiny jellyfish at Maraerai.

Jellyfish
Near solstice snorkeling… SalishSeaLife 47.460 / -122.510

Saw lots of cross jellies and an actively pulsing moon je

Jellyfish
Lots of Salps… Jellywatcher Alt text 34.390 / -119.520

Saw lots of little white blobs with purple centers.

Other
Lots of moon… MobileAnonymous 37.860 / -75.390

Saw lots of moon jellies, most washed up on the beach

Jellyfish
Cotylorhiza… Jellywatcher Alt text 36.020 / 14.270

Saw lots of these 'mediterranean fried egg' jel

Jellyfish
Jimble box… Jellywatcher -33.610 / 151.300

Saw many in Pittwater over the weekend.

Box Jelly
Lion's… mobile_jellywatcher 60.080 / -149.360

Saw many large Cyanea during a boat ride in Resurrection

Jellyfish Lion's manes
Unknown… Jellywatcher 37.750 / -122.510

Saw many of these clear jellies with dark.

Jellyfish
Chrysaora… lttoggenburger 36.950 / -122.000

Saw many smaller fuscescens about 2-3 inch diameter and f

Jellyfish
Blue Jellies… Jellywatcher 34.390 / -119.520

Saw many Velella across the shore.

Velella Velella
Velella Jellywatcher 33.180 / -117.370

Saw many Velella on the shore in Oceanside CA today about

Velella Velella
Velella… Jellywatcher 37.650 / -122.490

Saw many Velella velella organisms on Esplande Beach in P

Velella
Moon jellies… ffelix Alt text 37.240 / -76.510

Saw maybe half a dozen on the sail into Yorktown from the

Jellyfish