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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16 February—13 October
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All placesMarkers 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.
77 of 85 reports mapped · 16 places
New England Six-state outline
Reported places Detail of outlined region
Mapped places North to south
- Eastern Maine4 reports
- Downeast Maine / Acadia10 reports
- Midcoast Maine14 reports
- Casco Bay / Portland3 reports
- Southern Maine2 reports
- Seacoast / Isles of Shoals1 report
- Massachusetts North Shore5 reports
- Outer Cape Cod14 reports
- Plymouth / South Shore2 reports
- Lower Cape Cod12 reports
- Mid Cape Cod1 report
- South Cape / Buzzards Bay3 reports
- Rhode Island coast1 report
- Martha's Vineyard1 report
- Connecticut coast3 reports
- Nantucket1 report
Places without a map point · 8 reports
Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.
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Reports over time
All datesSelect a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.
Months in 2017
Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13056462
Observation: Two Grey Seals were photographed near a pier in Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37233697; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37233701
Observation: One Grey Seal head was photographed near Eastham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7594784; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7594812
Observation: Grey Seals were photographed swimming and feeding near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11397459
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25308201
Observation: Three Grey Seal heads were photographed in the water near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154079993
Observation: Grey Seals were photographed swimming in Chatham Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254713816
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near a pier in Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66702349
Observation: Five Grey Seal heads were photographed in the water near Eastham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21577487
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21416242
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming toward the camera in Chatham coastal waters.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38097728
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming at the surface near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5131579
Observation: One Harbor Seal was photographed with its head above the water near Orleans.