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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass stranding of… | Jellywatcher | 
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38.360 / -123.070 | Mass stranding of Velella at Salmon Creek State Beach, Ca |
Velella | ||
| velella velella (By-the-… | Jellywatcher | 
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37.450 / -122.450 | Found at 2:43pm at Moss Beach in Half Moon Bay, CA. |
Velella | ||
| Blue jellies on the… | Jellywatcher | 
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36.870 / -121.820 | High tide and the beach was covered with beautiful small |
Velella | ||
| Bolivar Peninsula, Texas… | Jellywatcher | 
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29.480 / -94.580 | One dead, one alive on beach |
Velella | ||
| Velella… | Jellywatcher | 36.960 / -121.990 | Hundreds washed up on small Sunny Cove Beach in Santa Cru |
Velella | |||
| velella | Jellywatcher | 37.110 / -122.320 | thousands on beach |
Velella | |||
| Jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 34.420 / -119.570 | The beach waterline was lined with the small clear and th |
Velella | Clear jellyfish | ||
| Blue jellyfish | Jellywatcher | 
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35.160 / -120.690 | Velella | |||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 45.720 / -123.940 | Masses of Velella stretching the length of Manzanita Beac |
Velella | |||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 45.720 / -123.940 | Masses of Velella stretching the length of Manzanita Beac |
Velella | |||
| First medusa of the year… | MobileAnonymous | 
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58.880 / 11.150 | 2 cm diameter |
Jellyfish | Aurelia aurita | |
| Vellelas | Jellywatcher | 34.080 / -119.030 | Thornhill Broom Beach, CA |
Velella | |||
| By the wind sailors | Jellywatcher | 
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37.260 / -122.380 | Many washed up on beaches near pescadero ca |
Other | By the wind sailor | |
| First of the year | MobileAnonymous | 
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58.880 / 11.150 | 2 cm diameter |
Jellyfish | Aurelia aurita | |
| Bud Reaves | Jellywatcher | 34.030 / -118.770 | Found on Malibu Beach 34.0087966997, -118.8155835 |
Velella | |||
| Chrysaora colorata | Jellywatcher | 
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33.040 / -117.290 | Observed at Swami Beach |
Jellyfish | ||
| Thousands of… | Jellywatcher | 36.660 / -121.820 | We found thousands of Valella washed up on the beach at F |
Velella | |||
| Velella… | Jellywatcher | 33.390 / -118.370 | They are everywhere on the central coast. |
Velella | |||
| Velella Velella | Jellywatcher | 
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33.390 / -118.370 | They are everywhere on the central coast. |
Velella | ||
| Marina State… | Jellywatcher | 36.700 / -121.810 | Thousands of Velella washed up and washing up on Marina S |
Velella | |||
| Dwarf Lion… | MobileAnonymous | 31.120 / -81.410 | Dwarf Lion's Mane Jellies of several sizes washed up |
Jellyfish | |||
| Mushroom Jelly Bloom | MobileAnonymous | 
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31.120 / -81.410 | Dinner plate-sized jellies. None alive in the water |
Jellyfish | ||
| Unknown Cnidarian | MobileAnonymous | 
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31.120 / -81.410 | 6" diameter, .25" thick, no bell, this was the |
Other | ||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 
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33.920 / -118.430 | Spotted multiple velella on the beach at Dockweiler State |
Velella | ||
| Velella Velella | Jellywatcher | 
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35.440 / -120.890 | Thousands of by-the-wind sailors showed up on the beach i |
Velella |