05/09/2026
The ocean currents have brought By-the-Wind-Sailors (Velella velellas) to us again. These jaunty jellyfish relatives are gorgeous shades of blues, periwinkle and silver. With their amazingly stable blue “hulls” and silvery clear “sails”, they travel in huge fleets like toy boats from far across the Pacific. I love encountering them out surfing, but am always sad to see them wash ashore in the thousands at their journey’s end. Truly beautiful and miraculous.
