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.

350 of 443 reports mapped · 19 places

New England Six-state outline

N ↑Eastern Maine · 12 reports1Bangor Waterfront · 1 report2

Reported places Detail of outlined region

Downeast Maine / Acadia · 51 reports3Midcoast Maine · 41 reports4Casco Bay / Portland · 16 reports5Southern Maine · 13 reports6Seacoast / Isles of Shoals · 6 reports7Massachusetts North Shore · 30 reports8Boston Harbor / Charles River · 13 reports9Holyoke / Connecticut River · 1 report10Outer Cape Cod · 40 reports11Plymouth / South Shore · 12 reports12Lower Cape Cod · 47 reports13Mid Cape Cod · 6 reports14South Cape / Buzzards Bay · 17 reports15Rhode Island coast · 17 reports16Martha's Vineyard · 4 reports17Connecticut coast · 15 reports18Nantucket · 8 reports19

Mapped places North to south

  1. Eastern Maine12 reports
  2. Bangor Waterfront1 report
  3. Downeast Maine / Acadia51 reports
  4. Midcoast Maine41 reports
  5. Casco Bay / Portland16 reports
  6. Southern Maine13 reports
  7. Seacoast / Isles of Shoals6 reports
  8. Massachusetts North Shore30 reports
  9. Boston Harbor / Charles River13 reports
  10. Holyoke / Connecticut River1 report
  11. Outer Cape Cod40 reports
  12. Plymouth / South Shore12 reports
  13. Lower Cape Cod47 reports
  14. Mid Cape Cod6 reports
  15. South Cape / Buzzards Bay17 reports
  16. Rhode Island coast17 reports
  17. Martha's Vineyard4 reports
  18. Connecticut coast15 reports
  19. Nantucket8 reports
Places without a map point · 93 reports

Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.

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Reports over time

Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.

  1. 12014

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

  1. Washington County Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59798799

    A seal was photographed near Washington County. Species not recorded · 1 seal