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.

22 of 29 reports mapped · 10 places

New England Six-state outline

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Reported places Detail of outlined region

Downeast Maine / Acadia · 2 reports1Midcoast Maine · 1 report2Casco Bay / Portland · 2 reports3Seacoast / Isles of Shoals · 1 report4Massachusetts North Shore · 2 reports5Outer Cape Cod · 3 reports6Lower Cape Cod · 4 reports7South Cape / Buzzards Bay · 1 report8Rhode Island coast · 1 report9Connecticut coast · 5 reports10

Mapped places North to south

  1. Downeast Maine / Acadia2 reports
  2. Midcoast Maine1 report
  3. Casco Bay / Portland2 reports
  4. Seacoast / Isles of Shoals1 report
  5. Massachusetts North Shore2 reports
  6. Outer Cape Cod3 reports
  7. Lower Cape Cod4 reports
  8. South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
  9. Rhode Island coast1 report
  10. Connecticut coast5 reports
Places without a map point · 7 reports

Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.

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Reports over time

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Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.

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  3. 12006
  4. 12009
  5. 42010
  6. 22011
  7. 42012
  8. 72013
  9. 12014
  10. 22015
  11. 92016
  12. 122017
  13. 12020
  14. 12023

Months in 2012

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

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

  1. Chatham fish pier / Chatham Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290744753; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290744751

    Direct original iNaturalist pages and photographs reviewed. Same local outing: one photo shows one Grey Seal close in water and the other many hauled out. Grouped as one encounter; count remains unset. Grey seal

  2. Nauset Marsh Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2855647

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One Grey Seal is visible in water. Grey seal · 1 seal

  3. Monomoy Island, Chatham Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221887266; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221887591

    Direct original iNaturalist pages and photographs reviewed. Same observer outing: one photo shows one Grey Seal hauled on sand and the other many Grey Seals on Monomoy beach. Grouped as one outing; count unset and no subspecies claim. Grey seal

  4. Chatham, Massachusetts New England
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59169901

    One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Chatham. Grey seal · 1 seal