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Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
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Sinepuxent Bay, Great… | Jellywatcher | 38.200 / -75.180 | We were kayaking in very shallow water off Assateague Isl |
Jellyfish | |||
Santa Monica beach | Jellywatcher | 34.040 / -118.540 | Dozens of 2-3 inch velella with the sails. |
Velella | |||
Velella | Jellywatcher | 33.530 / -117.770 | Woods cove, a colony of the by the wind sailing blue jell |
Velella | |||
Sail Jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 33.470 / -117.700 | Strands beach in Dana Point CA, covered in these along th |
Velella | |||
Santa Monica | Jellywatcher | 34.010 / -118.500 | A lot on the shore |
Velella | |||
Parrotts Creek -… | Jellywatcher | 37.730 / -76.620 | Multiple small lion’s mane jellyfish (2-3 inch diameter) |
Jellyfish | |||
By the wind sailor… | Jellywatcher | 34.020 / -118.490 | Bright blue with clear “fin” in water and on shore. |
Velella | |||
Velella velella, by-the-… | Jellywatcher | 33.640 / -117.970 | Huntington state beach at newland Street |
Velella | |||
Newport Beach | Jellywatcher | 33.620 / -117.930 | By the wind sailor jellies noted at Newport Beach north o |
Velella | |||
Jellyfish in Newport… | Jellywatcher | 33.630 / -117.950 | Multiple on the beach. |
Velella | |||
Monk seal napping | MobileAnonymous | 19.780 / -156.040 | Solitary seal hauled out on the sandy beach. |
Vertebrate | |||
marina del rey | Jellywatcher | 33.970 / -118.460 | Velella | ||||
sighting | Jellywatcher | 33.970 / -118.460 | 100s washed up in marina del rey |
Velella | |||
Velella in Huntington… | Jellywatcher | 33.650 / -118.000 | Velella | ||||
Velella velella - Playa… | Jellywatcher | 33.960 / -118.450 | Velella velella at the high water mark along the beach at |
Jellyfish | |||
Velella sailor jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 33.970 / -118.470 | Marina del Rey / Venice beach |
Velella | |||
By the Wind Sailor | Jellywatcher | 33.990 / -118.470 | Many were along the shore at the beach. |
Velella | |||
New Smyrna Beach - Man o… | Jellywatcher | 29.030 / -80.930 | Several Portuguese MoW along the length of beach |
Man o war | |||
Vellela | Jellywatcher | 34.040 / -118.620 | Hundreds of blue/clear Velella washed up on Big Rock beac |
Velella | |||
Heceta Beach, Florence,… | Jellywatcher | 44.110 / -124.020 | Mile or more swathe along the tide line |
Velella | |||
Benthic ctenophores at… | MobileAnonymous | 19.670 / -156.030 | Outside the harbor in Kona, at 100 feet depth, we saw two |
Other | Ctenophore | ||
Hard to identify… | Jellywatcher | 38.170 / -76.850 | Very warm day about 81° Fahrenheit. |
Jellyfish | |||
Mandalay beach | Jellywatcher | 34.190 / -119.240 | Thousands washed on shore durind wind advisory. |
Velella | |||
Sea Center, Santa… | Jellywatcher | 34.410 / -119.690 | collected 20 by-the-wind sailors; all 20 were left-handed |
Velella | |||
Several fresh dead… | Jellywatcher | 32.520 / 34.900 | Caesaria Port |
Plastic |