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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Markers group reports by reviewed names in their public locations, not exact sighting positions. Circle size reflects report counts. Select a place to filter the archive.

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Midcoast Maine · 1 report1Lower Cape Cod · 1 report2

Mapped places North to south

  1. Midcoast Maine1 report
  2. Lower Cape Cod1 report
Places without a map point · 2 reports

Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.

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  8. 72013
  9. 12014
  10. 22015
  11. 92016
  12. 122017
  13. 12020
  14. 12023

Months in 2013

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  6. 1Jun
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  12. 0Dec

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

  1. Nauset Beach Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381681

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. The note says several groups were seen swimming parallel to shore; the photograph shows at least two seal heads. Count remains unset. Grey seal