Was not in the water, very small about thumbnail size and definitely not a man o war.
I found several of these on a beach walk and am curious what they are. This genus ID is just based on the iNaturalist suggestion. I wasn't sure what to put it under.
Not very many. All smallish. Light NW winds and moderate seas
Light NW winds and moderate seas. Two views of the same organism
NW winds and moderate seas. Only saw 3 bluebottles including this one which I think is C1 type
Two of the 3 bluebottles I saw over 2kms of beach. NW winds, squalls and moderate seas. The other is a separate obs
Missing most of the blue poor thing
Weirdly only saw one bluebottle on a 2km stretch of beach. Light NW winds and moderate seas. 3 views of the one bluebottle
Several of these today along a 2km stretch of beach. One photo of each of most of the ones I saw. Strong S winds and rough seas.