A olive ridley sea turtle near Seal Beach, California. NOAA

A powerful El Niño is delivering unusually warm waters to the California coast, and with them, an array of tropical sea creatures rarely seen there.

These include ​flying fish, manta rays, and a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake, a species not seen in the state since the 2015 El Niño, Reuters reports . Meanwhile, anglers have landed yellowfin tuna, wahoo, and dorado, unusual catches in the typically cool waters off of California.

The summer saw a spate of great white shark sightings, and more recently, fishers have spotted hammerhead sharks and whale sharks. Whale sharks “do come through when the water is warm,” fisherman Carl Sbarounis told the Los Angeles Times, “mostly during El Niño.”

For the first time ever, scientists have recorded nesting sea turtles in California, near Seal Beach and in Huntington Beach.…