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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hundreds of dead Valella… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.790 / -122.480 | Dead looked like clear plastic, while the live ones looke |
Velella | Velella | |
| Lions Mane jelly | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
41.330 / -71.910 | Jellyfish | Lions Mane, Cyanea capillata | ||
| Man of war | Jellywatcher |
|
33.900 / -78.090 | Small ones along the beach |
Man o war | ||
| Jimbles | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
-33.800 / 151.250 | These have been hanging around for a couple of weeks now. |
Box Jelly | Jimble | |
| velella velella | Jellywatcher | 
|
38.350 / -123.070 | Hundreds of these washed upon the shore at Salmon Creek.< |
Velella | Velella | |
| Stellamedusa in Monterey… | beroe | 
|
36.710 / -122.050 | fairly rare jellyfish from 688 meters |
Jellyfish | Stellamedusa ventana | |
| Barrel jellyfish in the… | beroe | 
|
50.710 / -1.910 | From an article |
Jellyfish | Rhizostoma pulmo | |
| tons of velellas | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.620 / -121.940 | Hundreds of velellas in a small section of the beach at t |
Velella | Velella | |
| Chiton On Alki | Beaumckelvey | 
|
47.560 / -122.410 | Other | Chiton | ||
| Giant Crab! | Beaumckelvey | 
|
47.560 / -122.410 | Found a big red crab. |
Other | Crab | |
| Dead Sea lion | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
36.550 / -121.930 | Appeared to have lacerations from propeller and encirclin |
Vertebrate | Dead California sea lion | |
| Aurelia @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 
|
35.270 / 139.690 | With Noctiluca. Eelgrass and rubbish. Washed in? |
Jellyfish | Aurelia aurita s.l. | |
| I think they are jumble… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
-33.920 / 151.260 | Snorkeling at Gordon's bay. |
Box Jelly | Jimble? | |
| large area of Velella… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.770 / -122.420 | We were at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, CA, on 6/7/2015, |
Velella | Velella | |
| 1000's of Aurelia… | Jellywatcher | 
|
54.190 / -3.050 | 1000-1500 moon jellies (Aurelia aurita) drying out on a 0 |
Jellyfish | ||
| Morro Bay Jelly Fish… | Jellywatcher | 
|
35.370 / -120.850 | I seen millions of these little clear and blue jelly like |
Velella | Velella | |
| More Velella | beroe | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Velella | Velella | ||
| Clam Beach - salp(?) | donallen48 | 
|
40.990 / -124.120 | saw two of these, similar in size. See photo. |
Other | salp (presumed) | |
| Velella velella sighting… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
37.770 / -122.510 | most are dead |
Velella | Velella | |
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.720 / -122.500 | Quite a few stranded Velella on the beach. |
Velella | Velella | |
| Aurelia @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 
|
35.320 / 139.650 | Jellyfish | Aurelia aurita s.l. | ||
| Moon Jelly | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
41.320 / -72.060 | Jellyfish | Moon Jelly | ||
| Thousands of tiny sails… | Squirrel1212 |
|
35.560 / -121.080 | We come to Cambria at least once a year in late spring or |
Velella | Velella | |
| Few Velella husks in… | beroe | 
|
38.800 / -123.580 | Dried up on beach |
Velella | Velella | |
| Comb jellyfish | JaneHardy | 
|
55.410 / -1.590 | Swam with them at Seaton Point, Northumberland |
Jellyfish | Comb jellyfish |