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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Velella velella Jellywatcher 56.460 / -6.950

Seen on beach, breezy, bright sunshine.

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 37.320 / -122.400

By-the-wind sailors washed up on San Gregorio beach.

Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 44.640 / -124.060

By-the-wind-sailor smallish stranding in several strand l

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 36.950 / -122.060

hundreds/thousands of small (~0.3 in long) Velella velell

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 34.420 / -119.650

Blue with fins

Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 34.400 / -119.700

Many of the washed out at one of the beaches in Santa Bar

Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 37.760 / -122.510

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA

Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 37.830 / -122.490

Thousands of Velella washed up on shore of Kirby Cove nea

Velella
Velella velella mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 44.880 / -124.040 Velella Velella
Velella Velella kagren Alt text 37.860 / -122.580

Found thousands(?) washed up on the entire length Muir Be

Velella Velella
Velella velella rngrsarah 37.450 / -122.460

by the wind sailors

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher -8.780 / -119.910

Millions on the Oregon coast at Wasburne state park

Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 38.440 / -123.120

A few thousand velellas on the shore around 9am

Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 55.150 / -8.150

Drifts of stranded v. Velella.

Velella Velella
Vélella velella Jellywatcher 37.780 / -122.510

Many velella velella on beach at Land’s End SF

Velella
Velella velella sld23 Alt text 33.550 / -117.800 Velella Velella
velella velella Jellywatcher Alt text 51.110 / -4.230

Sighted at least 20 velella velella on saunton sands beac

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher Alt text 56.970 / -7.520

saw 3 dead, washed up on the beach today, Tangasdale Beac

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher Alt text 36.950 / -122.030

thousands of dried or drying by-the-wind sailors washed u

Velella Velella
Velella Velella cry_baby95 Alt text 36.640 / -121.930

Hundreds of these free floating cnidarians were found jus

Velella Velella
Velella Velella SabrinaS Alt text 48.260 / -124.680

Velella Velella at Shi shi beach.

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher Alt text 37.020 / -122.220

I saw many small Velella velella, ranging from <1 cm t

Velella Velella
Velella velella Jellywatcher 35.120 / -120.630

Pismo/Oceano dunes.

Velella
Velella velella kraskoff Alt text 36.620 / -121.940

1000s washed up on beach.

Velella Velella
Velella velella Medusas_Barcelona Alt text 38.840 / 0.120

This is the year of Velella velella in the NOW Mediterran

Velella Velella