Bizarre blue ocean creatures blanket California beaches from S.F. to SoCal

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April 30, 2026

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Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of tiny blue jellyfish-like creatures are washing ashore along the California coast in a natural event that may be linked to developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific. Velella velella, commonly known as by-the-wind sailors, have turned up on beaches from the San Francisco Bay Area to Southern California. […]