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 · 1 report1Plymouth / South Shore · 1 report2Connecticut coast · 1 report3

Mapped places North to south

  1. Massachusetts North Shore1 report
  2. Plymouth / South Shore1 report
  3. Connecticut coast1 report
Places without a map point · 1 report

Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.

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  2. 182016

Months in 2015

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  12. 1Dec

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

  1. New England New England
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26050606

    A group of seals was photographed hauled out near Merrimack.