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.

26 of 28 reports mapped · 13 places

New England Six-state outline

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Reported places Detail of outlined region

Downeast Maine / Acadia · 4 reports1Midcoast Maine · 1 report2Casco Bay / Portland · 1 report3Southern Maine · 2 reports4Massachusetts North Shore · 1 report5Boston Harbor / Charles River · 1 report6Outer Cape Cod · 7 reports7Plymouth / South Shore · 3 reports8Lower Cape Cod · 2 reports9South Cape / Buzzards Bay · 1 report10Rhode Island coast · 1 report11Connecticut coast · 1 report12Nantucket · 1 report13

Mapped places North to south

  1. Downeast Maine / Acadia4 reports
  2. Midcoast Maine1 report
  3. Casco Bay / Portland1 report
  4. Southern Maine2 reports
  5. Massachusetts North Shore1 report
  6. Boston Harbor / Charles River1 report
  7. Outer Cape Cod7 reports
  8. Plymouth / South Shore3 reports
  9. Lower Cape Cod2 reports
  10. South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
  11. Rhode Island coast1 report
  12. Connecticut coast1 report
  13. Nantucket1 report
Places without a map point · 2 reports

Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.

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Reports over time

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  2. 12004
  3. 12006
  4. 12008
  5. 22009
  6. 22010
  7. 42011
  8. 22012
  9. 42013
  10. 12014
  11. 82015
  12. 92016
  13. 102017
  14. 12020
  15. 12024
  16. 32026

Months in 2011

  1. 0Jan
  2. 0Feb
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  4. 0Apr
  5. 0May
  6. 0Jun
  7. 1Jul
  8. 3Aug
  9. 0Sep
  10. 0Oct
  11. 0Nov
  12. 0Dec

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

  1. Bar Harbor Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260293672

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Many live seals are on coastal rocks; current Harbor Seal identification is retained as probable and count is unset. Harbour seal

  2. Winter Harbor Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30282252

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photographs reviewed. Two live seals are on shore rocks; two photographs confirm the same count. Observer notes express Grey versus Harbor uncertainty; current Grey Seal identification is retained as probable, with no subspecies claim. Grey seal · 2 seals

  3. Bar Harbor area Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6889508

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Many live seals are at a coastal haul-out; the map is obscured and the displayed clock is anomalous. Current Grey Seal identification is retained as probable. A separate Maverick Elephant Seal ID is not adopted. Grey seal

  4. Southwest Harbor Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140284825

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One live Harbor Seal is swimming; no subspecies claim. Harbour seal · 1 seal