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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Thetys vagina salps at… underwaterpat Alt text 36.540 / -121.930

Several small clusters and individual Thetys vagina salps

Other Thaliacean
Velella Jellywatcher Alt text 39.470 / 3.290

Millions in water and washing up on beaches.

Velella Velella
Dolphins mobile_jellywatcher 51.780 / -8.300

Pack of dolphins out just pass the shipping line

Vertebrate Dolphin
No jellies! Jellywatcher 35.320 / 139.650

No jellyfish!

Clean sea
Aurelia aurita… Jellywatcher 35.290 / 139.660

Couple hundred Aurelia aurita, mostly juveniles, in the p

Jellyfish
Chrysaora Jellywatcher 35.290 / 139.660

A couple Chrysaora jellyfish in the port area.

Jellyfish
Aurelia at JAMSTEC with… dhugal Alt text 35.320 / 139.650 Jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l.
Pleuroncodes… mobile_jellywatcher 36.620 / -121.900

There was a large cluster of thousands of tuna crabs abou

Other Pleuroncodes planipes
What is this? mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 36.970 / -121.930

Saw a few of these while out in the bay

Other Salp
Velella at… Jellywatcher 37.190 / -122.400 Velella Velella
Velella… Jellywatcher 49.070 / -125.750

We were walking along the shore of the Long Beach near To

Velella Velella
Red tide… dhugal 35.320 / 139.630

Not a single jellyfish

Red Tide
Sailing Jellies Jellywatcher Alt text 57.230 / -135.820

Velella on Outer coast of Kruzof Island in SE Alaska

Velella Velella
Blue Blubber BearBah Alt text 26.000 / 50.410 Jellyfish
Velella at… beroe 52.530 / -131.790

From media reports

Velella Velella
Velella… Jellywatcher 60.170 / -145.270

Torie Baker reported a couple of acres of Velella velella

Velella Velella
Velella in Prince… Jellywatcher Alt text 60.730 / -146.900

Fishing fleets for the Cordova salmon fishing fleet in Al

Velella Velella
Velella near Carmel beroe Alt text 36.530 / -121.930

Otherwise clean-looking

Velella Velella
Gray whales mobile_jellywatcher 36.950 / -122.020

Mother and calf

Vertebrate Gray Whales
Blue Blubber Yellyfish… BearBah Alt text 25.960 / 50.420

They are abundant here ,seen hundrerds April/May

Jellyfish
Tons of… beroe 36.780 / -121.960

Lots of Doliolids some Mitrocoma

Other Doliolids
Salps Jellywatcher Alt text 38.030 / 22.870

Huge swathes of salps washed up.

Jellyfish
Jelly on West… Jellywatcher 30.400 / -86.230

Clear with pink parts inside

Jellyfish
Pensacola Dixon School… Elizabeth Eubanks Alt text 30.420 / -87.250

I had the pleasure of teaching these 5th-8th grade studen

Other Pensacola Jellywatchers
Aurelia in… dhugal 35.320 / 139.630 Jellyfish Aurelia aurita s.l.