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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Man o' war sighting… Jellywatcher 36.930 / -76.200

saw five man o wars washed up on the shore of the chesape

Man o war
Portugese Man O'… Jellywatcher 36.710 / -75.930

Heavy surf and 3 washed up on the beach.

Man o war
Fort Story Beach Man o… Jellywatcher 36.860 / -76.000

Spotted about 3 man o war washed up on shore at Fort Stor

Man o war
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 bradstock Jellywatcher 50.700 / -2.730

See through and pink with pink tentacles

Jellyfish
Man o’ war sighting in… Jellywatcher 36.870 / -75.980

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

Man o war
Velallas at cayucos… Jellywatcher 35.440 / -120.890

Many stranded velallas and hundred dead/dried up.

Velella
Lions mane jelly fish MobileAnonymous 51.680 / -4.250

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

Jellyfish
Lion’s mane jelly washed… 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 California… Jellywatcher 35.140 / -120.640

Miles and miles of dead jellyfish

Velella
Morro Strand Beach -… Jellywatcher 35.430 / -120.880

Thousands of stranded valellas washed up on beach.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thousands of Velellas have washed ashore in Dana Point,CA

Velella
Velella Marina State… Jellywatcher 36.700 / -121.810

There was a mass stranding on the beach.

Velella
Velella in Ventura m, Ca… Jellywatcher 34.320 / -119.390

Washed up on beach, still Blue and fresh.

Velella