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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Mola mola preying on… Zalophus 34.000 / -119.000 Santa Barbara, CA coastal Mola Velella
Jelly fish on iop! Bella_rybak Alt text 32.780 / -79.790 Jellyfish
Velella off Alaska beroe Alt text 59.400 / -146.350

Reported from Middleton Island in 2014

Velella Velella
More Velella! plyles Alt text 34.250 / -119.270

Large numbers of Velella on Ventura beach.

Velella Velella
Lions Mane mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 41.360 / -71.640

Lions mane fiesta!

Jellyfish
Moon Jellies hdaugavins Alt text 41.380 / -71.650

Clouds of moons!

Jellyfish
Lions Mane hdaugavins Alt text 41.360 / -71.640

Tons of lions mane of varying sizes

Jellyfish
:) jellyfish! Bella_rybak Alt text 32.860 / -79.910 Jellyfish
Velella velella update… donallen48 Alt text 40.990 / -124.120

many hundreds washed up at mouth of Strawberry Creek afte

Velella Velella
A lot of jellyfishes… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 43.710 / 7.340 Jellyfish
Meduse rouge mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 43.510 / 7.050 Jellyfish
dog beach. Huntington… k9beaches Alt text 33.670 / -118.030

These are all over the beach!

Velella Velella
Horseshoe Crabs Mating… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 41.670 / -71.440 Other Horseshoe Crabs Mating
Barrel jelly at Lyme hmsnaith Alt text 50.720 / -2.950 Jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus
hundreds of blue… k9beaches Alt text 33.670 / -118.030

Lots of these interesting creatures on the beach.

Velella Velella
Small, fresh Velella beroe Alt text 36.620 / -121.850

Plenty of small Velella on the beach.

Velella Velella
Pyrosome and bones beroe Alt text 36.620 / -121.850

Only saw one small pytosome but several vertebrae.

Other Pyrosome
Jellies in Cannon Beach… Jellywatcher Alt text 45.890 / -123.960

There were tons of these guys on the shore

Velella Velella
Washed up jellyfish Jellywatcher Alt text 44.560 / -1.240

A jellyfish with a bell approximately 30cm diameter in th

Jellyfish
Lions Mane Jelly Watch… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 41.310 / -71.880 Jellyfish Lions Mane
Wrightsville beach mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 34.190 / -77.810 Jellyfish
Massive Velella wash-up… Leo Alt text 46.300 / -124.080

Seen at Benson Beach, Cape Disappointment State Park, WA<

Velella Velella
Metridium eating Aurelia… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 47.060 / -122.900 Jellyfish Aurelia labiata
Dead blue jellyfish in… Jellywatcher Alt text 32.990 / -117.270

Blue jellyfish

Velella Velella
Velella! ffelix Alt text 38.310 / -123.020

Dozens in the surf line with the seaweed and driftwood.

Velella Velella