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

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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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  5. 32014
  6. 32015
  7. 32016
  8. 12017
  9. 12021
  10. 12025

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

  1. Rome Point, Wickford Rhode Island
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58739

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Observer notes describe about 18 harbor seals hauled out at John H. Chafee Nature Preserve, while the photograph shows only a subset; structured count remains unset. No photo uploaded. Harbour seal