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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Santa Barbara… Miramar ragamuffin 34.420 / -119.610

small, clear, perfectly round, marble sized balls with tw

Other ctenophore
Santa Barbara… Miramar ragamuffin 34.420 / -119.640

Miniature Velella? Hammond's beach.

Jellyfish
Santa Cruz… Jellywatcher 36.970 / -122.120

Hundreds of velellas washed up at four mile beach in Sant

Velella
Santa Cruz CA… Jellywatcher 36.970 / -122.030

We saw thousands tonight around 7pm PST at Twin Lakes Bea

Velella
Santa Cruz… Miramar ragamuffin 34.060 / -119.830

siphonophores at Painted Cave seen from whale watching ve

Jellyfish
Santa Cruz… Jellywatcher Alt text 36.960 / -122.000

Windrows of Velella on the beach, reported by M.

Velella Velella
Santa Monica… Jellywatcher 34.010 / -118.500

A lot on the shore

Velella
Santa Monica… Jellywatcher 34.040 / -118.540

Dozens of 2-3 inch velella with the sails.

Velella
Santa Teresa… Jellywatcher 41.240 / 9.190

Hundreds of Pelagia Noctiluca

Jellyfish
Sarah creek Jellywatcher 37.260 / -76.460

Sea nettles have arrived in Sarah creek.

Jellyfish
Sardaigne mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 40.270 / 9.630

Brown jelly.

Jellyfish
Sardinia,… Jellywatcher Alt text 41.000 / 9.000

A lot of jellyfish seen in La Maddalena, sardinia's

Jellyfish
Sargassum in… mbt Alt text 11.300 / -60.530

Huge washup of Sargassum in a bay on Tobago

Red Tide Sargassum
Sargassum on… Elizabeth Eubanks Alt text 26.610 / -80.040

So much sargassum on beach and floating patties in water.

Other Sargassum
Satellite… Jellywatcher 28.210 / -80.600

Round circular jellyfish like organism with blue ring aro

Velella
Satellite… Jellywatcher 28.210 / -80.600

Round circular jellyfish like organism with blue ring aro

Velella
Satellite… Jellywatcher 27.860 / -80.490

Blue Velellas: 'By the Wind Sailors' scattered

Velella Velella
Saturday at 12… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 32.120 / 34.780 Clean sea Good day for swimming
sausalito, ca… Jellywatcher 37.880 / -122.490

i live on my boat in richardson bay, i have seen about 12

Jellyfish
Saw a few in… Jellywatcher 38.810 / -76.120

Scattered Crysaora seen

Jellyfish
Saw a jelly Jellywatcher 44.310 / -124.100

I saw a jellyfish on the shore in Yachats Oregon

Jellyfish
Saw dead jelly… Jellywatcher 45.880 / -123.970

I'm not sure what kind it is, but it washed up on cannon

Jellyfish
Saw dozens of… Jellywatcher 51.590 / -3.520

We saw many different types of jellyfish ranging from sma

Jellyfish
Saw peices Jellywatcher 33.540 / -117.790

I saw many almost whole and smaller peice of them off the

Velella
Saw several of… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 34.030 / -77.900 Man o war