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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelia @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 35.320 / 139.650 | Good shape. Clear skies today |
Jellyfish | Aurelia aurita s.l. | ||
| Chrysaora @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 35.320 / 139.650 | Dead at surface inflated with air |
Jellyfish | Chrysaora pacifica | ||
| Mola mola preying on… | Zalophus | 
|
34.000 / -119.000 | Santa Barbara, CA coastal | Mola | Velella | |
| Manchester State Beach… | Jellywatcher | 38.970 / -123.720 | Many Velella seen on Manchester State Beach in central Ca |
Velella | Velella | ||
| Massive Velella wash-up… | Leo | 
|
46.300 / -124.080 | Seen at Benson Beach, Cape Disappointment State Park, WA< |
Velella | Velella | |
| Jimbles | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.250 | The Jimbles were at Balmoral again today. |
Box Jelly | Carybdea | ||
| No jellies @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 35.320 / 139.650 | Overcast so at least no big ones |
Clean sea | |||
| Hammonasett state park… | Jellywatcher | 
|
41.330 / -72.740 | Lots of jellies! |
Jellyfish | ||
| Jimbles are back with a… | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.820 / 151.250 | A few swimmers hit by Jimbles this morning. |
Box Jelly | Carybdea | |
| Lions Mane Jellies | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
41.340 / -72.190 | Lions mane jellies all over!!! |
Jellyfish | Lions mane | |
| Lions mane bluff point… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
41.330 / -72.030 | Jellyfish | Lions mane | ||
| Velella velella update… | donallen48 | 41.000 / -124.120 | I've been meaning to check in on this. |
Velella | Velella | ||
| No jellies @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 35.320 / 139.650 | Clean sea | ||||
| Upside Down Jellies | Elizabeth Eubanks | 
|
25.130 / -80.400 | Marine Lab - key largo |
Jellyfish | Cassiopeia | |
| Velella velella | SoCalhiatt | 33.850 / -118.390 | tons washing up on shore |
Velella | Velella | ||
| North Myrtle Beach | curtisr | 
|
32.510 / -79.110 | 4-27-15 hundreds of purple looking jellyfish washed up on |
Jellyfish | ||
| North Myrtle Beach SC | curtisr | 
|
33.690 / -78.410 | Jellyfish | |||
| North Myrtle Beach SC | curtisr |
|
33.830 / -78.640 | hundreds od dead jellyfish |
Jellyfish | ||
| Aurelia @ JAMSTEC | dhugal | 35.320 / 139.650 | Damaged |
Jellyfish | Aurelia aurita s.l. | ||
| Upside Down Jelly | Elizabeth Eubanks | 
|
25.150 / -80.430 | Snorkeling in Florida Bay with Marine Lab |
Jellyfish | Cassiopeia | |
| Aegina citrea in Bodega… | jsones | 
|
38.330 / -123.070 | At least 50 (or more) Aegina citrea washed ashore on Salm |
Other | Narcomedusae | |
| Physophora hydrostatica… | jsones | 
|
38.330 / -123.070 | At least 1, perhaps 3 (or more), "Hula Skirt Siphono |
Other | Siphonophore | |
| By-the-wind sailor | Jellywatcher | 34.040 / -118.580 | 100s of By-the-wind sailor washed at Topanga State beach< |
Velella | Velella | ||
| velella velella | Jellywatcher | 45.120 / -123.930 | We went to the Washington and Oregon coast last week (end |
Velella | Velella | ||
| South Beach, Hilton Head… | Jellywatcher | 32.110 / -80.820 | Box Jelly |