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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
3 manowars Jellywatcher 36.740 / -76.030

3 dead manowars spotted on Sandbridge beach by rock lane.

Man o war
CXB Man O Wars… Jellywatcher 36.920 / -76.140

Two Portuguese Man o Wars have been spotted washed up on

Man o war
Burton… Jellywatcher 50.700 / -2.730

See through and pink with pink tentacles

Jellyfish
Man o’ war… Jellywatcher 36.870 / -75.980

Saw a man o’ war washed up on the beach at 46th street in

Man o war
Velallas at… Jellywatcher 35.440 / -120.890

Many stranded velallas and hundred dead/dried up.

Velella
Lions mane… MobileAnonymous 51.680 / -4.250

Only spotted one swimming in the sea and couldn’t get a p

Jellyfish
Lion’s mane… MobileAnonymous 47.700 / -122.390 Jellyfish Cyanea capillata
Chesapeake Bay… Jellywatcher 36.930 / -76.070

oozing blue shimmering matter

Man o war
Chesapeake Bay… Jellywatcher 36.920 / -76.060

oozing blue shimmering matter

Man o war
Pismo Beach… Jellywatcher 35.140 / -120.640

Miles and miles of dead jellyfish

Velella
Morro Strand… Jellywatcher 35.430 / -120.880

Thousands of stranded valellas washed up on beach.

Velella
Velella at… Jellywatcher 57.720 / -7.210 Velella
Jelly MobileAnonymous 35.930 / 14.340 Jellyfish
Jelly MobileAnonymous 35.960 / 14.370 Jellyfish
Several… Jellywatcher 44.680 / -124.060

Velella (by the wind sailors) spotted in the tide pools a

Velella
Velella, Agate… Jellywatcher 37.910 / -122.690 Velella
Velellas on… Jellywatcher 35.710 / -121.190

Quite a few we’re spotted on shore and we’re discarding t

Velella
Thousands of… MobileAnonymous 20.870 / -105.430 Jellyfish Blue button
Melissa L.… Jellywatcher 34.090 / -77.580

While at Salvo NC washed on shore was a Portuguese Man o

Man o war
Dana Point CA… Jellywatcher 33.460 / -117.660

Thousands of Velellas have washed ashore in Dana Point,CA

Velella
Velella Marina… Jellywatcher 36.700 / -121.810

There was a mass stranding on the beach.

Velella
Velella in… Jellywatcher 34.320 / -119.390

Washed up on beach, still Blue and fresh.

Velella
Blue Velella… Jellywatcher 33.960 / -118.440

We saw about a dozen of varying sizes along a mile stretc

Velella
Small… MobileAnonymous 24.640 / 51.430 Jellyfish
Velella @… Jellywatcher 34.850 / -120.580

There were thousands of live & dead ones as far as we

Velella