seal.watch / new-england

New England · 2000—2026

Grey and harbour seals

Seals around New England.

Follow public seal observations from New England. Browse published records, explore the places and stories behind them, or share an encounter with the Seal Watch team.

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Massachusetts North Shore · 2 reports1Plymouth / South Shore · 1 report2Lower Cape Cod · 1 report3Rhode Island coast · 1 report4

Mapped places North to south

  1. Massachusetts North Shore2 reports
  2. Plymouth / South Shore1 report
  3. Lower Cape Cod1 report
  4. Rhode Island coast1 report

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Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.

  1. Monomoy Island / Barnstable Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32345947; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97563531

    A Grey Seal colony was photographed on the beach near Monomoy Island. Grey seal