Pacific Northwest · Seal Watch

The Pacific Northwest watch.

Follow published seal observations from the Pacific Northwest, or send your own sighting to the Seal Watch team.

A record of encounters.

Washington and Oregon in the United States, including their coastal islands. British Columbia, Alaska and California have separate communities.

We bring together published reports so people can follow the story over time. A report is an observation, not a count of a different seal, and an attributed name is not independent identity verification.

Each regional archive contains its own reports. Visitor submissions are reviewed privately; publication is a separate editorial step. New records appear here as they are published.

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