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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25 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/180062988; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180062990; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180062989
Observation: A Grey Seal group was photographed near Truro.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180062974; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180062975
Observation: Seals were photographed in Provincetown during one outing.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180062971
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed near Provincetown.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72014344
Observation: One Grey Seal head was photographed near Race Point.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8201243
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed near Provincetown.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8078873
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed near Race Point.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32003576
Observation: One seal was photographed near Provincetown.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8709263
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Provincetown.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8709284
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Provincetown.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192213954
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed near Provincetown.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56348030
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Wellfleet.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7173529
Observation: Three Grey Seal heads were photographed in the surf near North Truro.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6115784
Observation: One seal head was photographed in the sea near Race Point Beach.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208128812
Observation: Grey Seal remains were photographed on a beach near Provincetown.