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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26 of 28 reports mapped · 13 places

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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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  3. 12010
  4. 12011
  5. 12012
  6. 22013
  7. 42014
  8. 62015
  9. 72016
  10. 142017
  11. 22021
  12. 12025

Months in 2011

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  10. 1Oct
  11. 0Nov
  12. 0Dec

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

  1. Gulf of Maine near Vinalhaven Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85689347

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several live Grey Seals are hauled on wet rock, with one moving back into the water; count is unset. Grey seal