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.

24 of 28 reports mapped · 8 places

New England Six-state outline

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Reported places Detail of outlined region

Downeast Maine / Acadia · 4 reports1Midcoast Maine · 2 reports2Casco Bay / Portland · 2 reports3Southern Maine · 2 reports4Massachusetts North Shore · 4 reports5Lower Cape Cod · 7 reports6Mid Cape Cod · 2 reports7South Cape / Buzzards Bay · 1 report8

Mapped places North to south

  1. Downeast Maine / Acadia4 reports
  2. Midcoast Maine2 reports
  3. Casco Bay / Portland2 reports
  4. Southern Maine2 reports
  5. Massachusetts North Shore4 reports
  6. Lower Cape Cod7 reports
  7. Mid Cape Cod2 reports
  8. South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
Places without a map point · 4 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.

  1. 22013
  2. 32016
  3. 12017

Months in 2013

  1. 0Jan
  2. 0Feb
  3. 0Mar
  4. 1Apr
  5. 0May
  6. 0Jun
  7. 1Jul
  8. 0Aug
  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. East Sandwich Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19326509

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One distant seal is at the surf line. The public page displays 15 July 2013; generic UTC/API display of 16 July is not used. Grey seal · 1 seal

  2. Sandwich / Barnstable County Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106121518

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One Harbor Seal is hauled out on a rock. Harbour seal · 1 seal