The velella velellas, more commonly known as "By-the-Wind Sailors," have been seen ashore at the Channel Islands Harbor as well as on Kiddie, Silver Strand and Hollywood beaches.

VENTURA COUNTY, California (KCAL) — Thousands of velella velellas, more commonly known as “By-the-Wind Sailors,” have been spotted all along Ventura County beaches in recent days.

VENTURA COUNTY, California (KCAL) — Thousands of velella velellas, more commonly known as “By-the-Wind Sailors,” have been spotted all along Ventura County beaches in recent days. According ...

Thousands of blue blobs blanketed Southern California beaches after winds carried them ashore. Velella velellas, or by-the-wind sailors, washed ashore near Oxnard, including around the Channel ...

Velella velellas, or by-the-wind sailors, washed ashore near Oxnard, including around the Channel Islands Harbor and “on Kiddie, Silver Strand, and Hollywood beaches,” Channel Islands Harbor ...