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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Comb jelly MobileAnonymous 40.970 / -73.140

A bunch of little comb jelly in the Long Island Sound

Jellyfish
Velella sighting Jellywatcher 38.250 / -122.970

Dillon Beach CA

Velella
jellyfish MobileAnonymous 37.520 / -76.280

seen around 10 jellyfish in the area

Jellyfish
Velella velella Jellywatcher 38.440 / -123.120

A few thousand velellas on the shore around 9am

Velella
Velella at Carmel River… Jellywatcher 36.540 / -121.930

Lots of Velella found along the beach.

Velella
Moon jelly fish MobileAnonymous 50.200 / -5.470 Jellyfish Aurelia aurita
Eggs? Jellywatcher 34.470 / -120.230

These were seen on the shore of the beach.

Other ?
Velella Spotting at… Jellywatcher 38.380 / -123.080

Spotted a lot of dead jellyfish that looks very much like

Velella
Beach Valella Jellywatcher 36.630 / -121.940

Thousands of valella washing up north of Asilomar beach t

Velella
Seaside Jellywatcher 36.610 / -121.820

Large amount of velella on the beach

Velella
velella sighting Jellywatcher 37.770 / -122.510

cluster of about 30-50 velella on ocean beach

Velella
By-the-wind sailors On… Jellywatcher 36.600 / -121.960 Velella
Cannonball July Emerald… Jellywatcher 34.680 / -76.950

Washed up at rising high tide and put back in the water

Jellyfish
Westmoreland State Park… Jellywatcher 38.100 / -76.830

Both beaches at this Chesapeake Bay park rendered unswimm

Jellyfish
Lots of jellyfish and… MobileAnonymous 43.280 / 6.580 Jellyfish
Velella Jellywatcher 38.250 / -122.970

They seemed to be wrapped up with seaweed that resembled

Velella
Bioluminescent Jellyfish… Jellywatcher 40.670 / -73.070

We are staying in Fire Island on the Bay side, and last n

Jellyfish
Portuguese Man of war Jellywatcher 35.600 / -75.470

Purple/blue, very long tentacles

Man o war
Taormina, Sicily jelly… Jellywatcher 37.850 / 15.290

Extreme pain. Purple looking.

Jellyfish
Medusas MobileAnonymous 41.270 / 1.980 Jellyfish Ejido as Tom as pulmo
Velella Jellywatcher 35.440 / -120.890

Scattered on beach at Cayucos, California .

Velella
Jellyfish Jellywatcher 37.890 / -76.270

Multiple small jellyfish near the shore of the Wicomico r

Jellyfish
Mediterranean barrel… MobileAnonymous 38.860 / 0.030

Large schools of them on my 2km swim.

Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo
Red Jellies - Indian Arm… Jellywatcher 49.330 / -122.900

Unusual number of red jelly fish in the Indian arm right

Jellyfish Red jelly (Lions Mane, cyanea capillata)
Lions Mane in Belcarra,… MobileAnonymous 49.320 / -122.910

Hundreds of Lions Mane Jellyfish in Bedwell Bay and India

Jellyfish Lion’s Mane