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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Jellyfish Myrtle… | Gogreenman | 
|
33.660 / -78.920 | Got reports of several bad stings at Myrtle beach. |
Box Jelly | Chiropsalmus | |
| Sea nettles | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
30.280 / -87.520 | Jellyfish collected after being blown in by waves at oran |
Jellyfish | ||
| I Thought It Was A Sharp… | Jellywatcher | 33.730 / -79.330 | I was boogie boarding in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina whe |
Jellyfish | |||
| Jellyfish Sighting and… | Jellywatcher | 33.690 / -78.890 | At least 7 sightings and 3 stings while we were on the be |
Jellyfish | |||
| 3 stings today! | mobile_jellywatcher | 34.020 / -77.900 | Jellyfish | ||||
| Algae bloom | jackpayette | 
|
42.370 / -71.060 | Possibly microcystis, probably some type of blue green al |
Red Tide | Cyanobacteria | |
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 51.600 / -9.630 | Hundreds washed up at Ahkista, West Cork, Eire |
Velella | Velella | ||
| Moon Jellys | Jellywatcher | 51.290 / -3.010 | found loads of these, while on holiday in Brean Somerset |
Jellyfish | |||
| Group sting | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
34.020 / -77.900 | While enjoying the waters at Carolina Beach, NC, 5 people |
Jellyfish | ||
| Jellyfish sting | Jellywatcher | 38.250 / -76.960 | Jellyfish | ||||
| Jellyfish in the water… | mobile_jellywatcher | 38.270 / -76.980 | Huge! |
Jellyfish | |||
| Jellyfish all over… | Jellywatcher | 38.380 / -77.080 | We tried tubing in six spots: upper Machodoc Creek, middl |
Jellyfish | |||
| Jellyfish and dead seal… | Jellywatcher | 48.380 / -123.350 | There are MANY dead moon and Lion's Mane jellies in the w |
Jellyfish | We also saw a dead young seal | ||
| Atlantic nettle… | hdaugavins | 
|
33.520 / -79.040 | Jellyfish | |||
| Blue button | Jellywatcher | 29.720 / -85.390 | Multiple Small blue button jelly fish sighting on cape S |
Velella | Blue button | ||
| Jelly swarm (moon jelly… | Jellywatcher | 
|
52.740 / -131.680 | Saw a swarm/bloom of jellies (moon, I think) that appeare |
Jellyfish | ||
| Purple Brown Jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 
|
43.090 / 6.330 | Jellyfish | |||
| Jelly fish | mobile_jellywatcher | 51.770 / -8.300 | Lions Maine swimming up by the surface |
Jellyfish | Lions maine | ||
| Velella beautiful… | Jellywatcher | 55.270 / -7.640 | Below water line blue raft with tentacles above exquisite |
Velella | Velella | ||
| Jimbles | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.830 / 151.250 | I thought it may be safer to swim in the enclosed pool un |
Box Jelly | Cubozoa | |
| Thousands of moon… | Jellywatcher | 36.380 / -75.830 | There were thousands of moon jellies in the water and was |
Jellyfish | |||
| Jelly found | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
33.500 / -79.070 | Species unknown. |
Jellyfish | ||
| Carybdea marsupialis | Jellywatcher | 43.620 / 13.530 | Carybdea marsupialis |
Jellyfish | |||
| Nettles and moons | mobile_jellywatcher | 37.040 / -76.370 | All different sizes, moving out with the tide around 6pm. |
Jellyfish | Nettles and moons | ||
| Ctenophore? | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
36.810 / -121.890 | quite a few, caught one with a bucket |
Other | Ctenophore |