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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Downeast Maine / Acadia · 1 report1Casco Bay / Portland · 1 report2Southern Maine · 1 report3Outer Cape Cod · 1 report4Nantucket · 1 report5

Mapped places North to south

  1. Downeast Maine / Acadia1 report
  2. Casco Bay / Portland1 report
  3. Southern Maine1 report
  4. Outer Cape Cod1 report
  5. Nantucket1 report
Places without a map point · 1 report

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  1. Cape Cod National Seashore Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/545992

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Three live seals are swimming with three visible heads. Identification discussion singles out the left animal as Grey Seal, but the mixed group species assignment remains uncertain. Species not recorded · 3 seals