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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.830 / 151.250

A few people were stung by sea lice this morning.

Jellyfish
Brown sludge Sydney… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.260

I've noticed since Monday that the ocean is a murky

Other Storm water / brown sludge
Stomolophus meleagris on… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Jellyfish
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

A few swimmers were stung by sea lice today at Balmoral.<

Jellyfish
Rhopilema verrilli on… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Jellyfish
Jellyfish bloom off… Jellywatcher 32.780 / -117.210

Thousands of moon jellies of all sizes from an inch or tw

Jellyfish
Stomolophus meleagris on… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Jellyfish
Blue water beroe Alt text 25.990 / -80.120

Chilly air, but water like a swimming pool.

Clean sea
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.830 / 151.250

I was stung by something which I will put down as a parti

Jellyfish
February jelly counts… Leo 48.540 / -123.010

On most days in February that it was calm enough to see i

Clean sea
Sea nettles Pt Pinos jellyhunter 36.640 / -121.950

Still plenty of sea nettles in blue water just past Pt Pi

Jellyfish
Medusa mobile_jellywatcher 37.790 / -122.410 Jellyfish
Dead Sea Lion Jellywatcher 36.950 / -122.030 Vertebrate Dead Sea Lion
Medusa mobile_jellywatcher 36.480 / -121.980 Jellyfish
Lion's Mane miriamsutton Alt text 34.720 / -76.660 Jellyfish
Sea Lice Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Stung by sea lice again today but not as bad as yesterday

Jellyfish
Jellyfish Balmoral swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Strong Sou'easter 35-40kms/hr, choppy seas, water te

Jellyfish
Sea lice! swimmingidiots -33.830 / 151.260

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

Jellyfish
Sea Combs (Ctenophora)… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

Spotted a transparent jelly that had four lines disecting

Other Sea Combs (Ctenophora)
Bioluminescence Jellywatcher -33.910 / 151.170

Blue bioluminescence on the beach

Red Tide
Red tide Thebrusos 36.000 / -122.000

Medium

Red Tide
Porpita in La Paloma,… Erik Alt text -34.640 / -54.150

Saw four of these over two kilometers of beach (La Aguada

Jellyfish
Vellela vellela Erik Alt text -34.640 / -54.150

Saw 1000s of these over the past week washed up on the be

Jellyfish
Washed up on beach mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 36.600 / -121.890 Jellyfish
Balmoral Beach Sydney Jellywatcher -33.820 / 151.250

Got stung at 6pm on 18-Feb while looking a a school of fi

Jellyfish