This page shows a table of sightings. If you select sorting and filter options, the results will be limited to those which match

To download sightings in tabular format, configure the filter options, then click the CSV button at the bottom of the page. If you intend to derive work from the data, or to publish it, please acknowledge jellywatch.org, and let us know what you are up to.

Enter a comma separated list of user names.
Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Bluebottles at Balmoral… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

Stung by a bluebottle this morning about 350m offshore.

Man o war
Sea lice! swimmingidiots -33.830 / 151.260

About 350 metres offshore, I encountered a patch of sea l

Jellyfish
Carybdea Jellywatcher -33.920 / 151.260

I saw a few Carybdea whilst swimming in coogee bay.

Box Jelly
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.830 / 151.260

Sea Lice was particularly nasty today.

Jellyfish
Coogee beach, New South… Jellywatcher -33.920 / 151.260

Swam into jimbles recently which got caught in my costume

Box Jelly Carybdea
I think they are jumble… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text -33.920 / 151.260

Snorkeling at Gordon's bay.

Box Jelly Jimble?
Moon jellyfish? swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

Spotted a small transparent jellyfish this morning about

Jellyfish
Comb jellies (Ctenophora… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

Spotted about 50 comb jellies this morning.

Other Ctenophora
Moon jellyfish swimmingidiots Alt text -33.820 / 151.260

Hundreds of moon jellies sighted about 350m offshore.

Jellyfish
Bluebottles at Fairlight… swimmingidiots -33.800 / 151.270

Newspaper article and photos of the thousands of bluebott

Man o war Bluebottle
Box/Jimble in Sydney… Jellywatcher -33.800 / 151.270

i was in the SUP this afternoon and spotted between 3-6 o

Jellyfish
100+ Physalia utriculus… jellywatch -33.890 / 151.270

More than 100 Physalia utriculus (Blue Bottle) on the wat

Man o war Portuguese Man of War
Bluebottles at Neilsen… swimmingidiots -33.850 / 151.270

My brother was stung by a bluebottle this morning at Neil

Man o war Bluebottle
Pittwater - Jimble box… Jellywatcher -33.640 / 151.280

Watched two little Jimbles moving energetically about at

Box Jelly
Bondi Beach swarm Jellywatcher Alt text 33.890 / 151.280

Many types of Jelly fish and man o war covered the shorel

Jellyfish
Box jelly at Church… Jellywatcher -33.650 / 151.280

Sighted at Church Point. Amy W

Box Jelly
Jimble Jellywatcher -33.890 / 151.280

A single one - the first I have seen at Bondi Beach morn

Box Jelly Carybdea
Jimble Jellywatcher -33.890 / 151.280

particularly in the more dirty patches of water

Jellyfish
Red Tide shuts down… swimmingidiots -33.890 / 151.280

This news article shows the red tide that shut down Bondi

Red Tide
Cauliflower Jellyfish… iSwimtoo Alt text -33.800 / 151.290 Jellyfish Cauliflower, Cephea
Bluebottle madness mobile_jellywatcher Alt text -33.790 / 151.290 Man o war
jimble Trimjelly -33.800 / 151.290 Jellyfish
Portuguese Man o War (… Jellywatcher Alt text -33.800 / 151.290 Man o war
Jimbles (Carybdea… iSwimtoo -33.800 / 151.290 Box Jelly Carybdea
Jimble in Fairy Bower,… Jellywatcher -33.800 / 151.290

Got stung by a jimble whilst snorkeling

Box Jelly Carybdea