Live Jelly Cam | Monterey Bay Aquarium

Get an up-close look at the delicate sea nettles in our Open Sea exhibit. Watch our sea nettles as their long tentacles and lacey mouth-arms move smoothly through the water. But don't let these unassuming invertebrates fool you—their graceful trailing parts are covered in stinging cells used for hunting as they drift through open waters. When their tentacles touch tiny prey, the stinging cells paralyze it and stick tight. The prey is moved to the mouth-arms and then to the mouth, where it's digested.

Discover these brilliant jellies pulsing in our Open Sea exhibit: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/exhibits/open-sea

The Jelly Cam is live every day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific time.

More Monterey Bay Aquarium webcams: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cams-videos/live-cams

This live feed offers a mesmerizing window into one of the ocean's most graceful creatures—sea nettles drifting through the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Open Sea exhibit. Watch their ethereal bodies pulse and their trailing tentacles drift through the water in real time. It's a peaceful, meditative view of marine life perfect for relaxation, education, or inspiration about ocean conservation.