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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jelly fish everywhere… | Jellywatcher | 
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37.240 / -76.510 | There had to be at least 10 or more I saw alive, and anot |
Jellyfish | ||
| no Aurelia | MobileAnonymous | 35.320 / 139.650 | no Aurelia | Clean sea | |||
| Velella sighting in… | Jellywatcher | 
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31.410 / -116.500 | 04-23-2023 |
Velella | ||
| Lions Mane | Jellywatcher | 
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36.850 / -76.300 | Lions Mane jelly in the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, VA. |
Jellyfish | ||
| Thousands of Velella on… | Jellywatcher | 33.660 / -118.000 | Clear non blue pigment strewn on high tide line. |
Velella | |||
| Jellyfish | MobileAnonymous | 
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38.350 / -76.470 | Jellyfish | |||
| Velella in the Santa… | Jellywatcher | 34.300 / -119.220 | Fairly large groups of Velella spotted a few miles off Ve |
Velella | |||
| Valella Valella | Jellywatcher | 32.630 / -117.140 | Sunny, calm morning, many valella scattered all over the |
Velella | |||
| Jellyfish in ha long bay… | Jellywatcher | 20.910 / 107.180 | Jellyfish | ||||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 32.750 / -117.250 | Ocean Beach, CA many “by the wind sailors. |
Velella | |||
| Sinepuxent Bay, Great… | Jellywatcher | 
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38.200 / -75.180 | We were kayaking in very shallow water off Assateague Isl |
Jellyfish | ||
| Santa Monica beach | Jellywatcher | 
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34.040 / -118.540 | Dozens of 2-3 inch velella with the sails. |
Velella | ||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 33.530 / -117.770 | Woods cove, a colony of the by the wind sailing blue jell |
Velella | |||
| Sail Jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 
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33.470 / -117.700 | Strands beach in Dana Point CA, covered in these along th |
Velella | ||
| Santa Monica | Jellywatcher | 
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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 sailor… | Jellywatcher | 
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34.020 / -118.490 | Bright blue with clear “fin” in water and on shore. |
Velella | ||
| Velella velella, by-the-… | Jellywatcher | 
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33.640 / -117.970 | Huntington state beach at newland Street |
Velella | ||
| Newport Beach | Jellywatcher | 
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33.620 / -117.930 | By the wind sailor jellies noted at Newport Beach north o |
Velella | ||
| Jellyfish in Newport… | Jellywatcher | 33.630 / -117.950 | Multiple on the beach. |
Velella | |||
| Monk seal napping | MobileAnonymous | 
|
19.780 / -156.040 | Solitary seal hauled out on the sandy beach. |
Vertebrate | ||
| marina del rey | Jellywatcher | 
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33.970 / -118.460 | Velella | |||
| sighting | Jellywatcher | 33.970 / -118.460 | 100s washed up in marina del rey |
Velella | |||
| Velella in Huntington… | Jellywatcher | 
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33.650 / -118.000 | Velella | |||
| Velella velella - Playa… | Jellywatcher | 33.960 / -118.450 | Velella velella at the high water mark along the beach at |
Jellyfish |