Jellyfish Forecast
Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine has seen an increase in jellyfish over recent years. The map below shows a day-today forecast of the likelihood of jellyfish at locations across the Gulf of Maine. Scroll forward to see the prediction for upcoming days.
Have you seen jellyfish? You can add to our dataset by submitting your sightings. You can either enter them at jellyfish.bigelow.org or email your sighting directly to jellyfish@bigelow.org .
How the forecast works: the National Marine Fisheries Service in the US has been monitoring plankton for many decades. One of the observations they record is the presence of jellyfish, salps, siphonophores, and ctenophores (different types of gelatinous animals). We combined these observations with the ocean forecasts provided by the European Union's Space Program. Using ocean modeling and artificial intelligence, we created a forecast product for jellyfish, salps, and siphonophores.
