Minor Island Area
Harbor Seal · 31 reports from 23 observers, November 2013 to September 2026
In the atlas
Site 07.08 in the WDFW Atlas of Seal and Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Washington (Jeffries et al., 2000), surveyed in the late 1990s: harbor seal, northern elephant seal · fewer than 100 animals · used mainly at low tide.
On beach along north side of Minor Island. Nursery area.
The atlas maps this site at 2 points. The others: On cobble beach along south side of Minor Island. Nursery area..
This entry was extracted from the atlas's tables by machine and has not yet been checked against the printed page. Its coordinates are the atlas's, in a 1927 datum, and may sit up to 200 m from where a modern map puts them.
Reports
Pinniped sightings reported within 500 m of this point, nearly all from iNaturalist. A report here says someone saw seals or sea lions near a known site; it does not say which animals, or how many.
Harbor Seal · 31 reports
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Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them; the grid shows the last 12 years, and there are earlier reports.
Photos from the reports. Each links to its source; the attribution is in the tooltip.
- Sep 4, 2026 · Harbor Seal · ben142 on iNaturalist · 448 m away · source
- Aug 30, 2026 · Harbor Seal · simonele on iNaturalist · 132 m away · source
- Aug 29, 2026 · Harbor Seal · mrydfrn on iNaturalist · 310 m away · source
- Aug 15, 2026 · Harbor Seal · tortellini_man on iNaturalist · 389 m away · location approximate (±1544 m) · source
- Aug 15, 2026 · Harbor Seal · tortellini_man on iNaturalist · 389 m away · location approximate (±1544 m) · source
- Aug 15, 2026 · Harbor Seal · tortellini_man on iNaturalist · 389 m away · location approximate (±1544 m) · source
- Aug 15, 2026 · Harbor Seal · tortellini_man on iNaturalist · 389 m away · location approximate (±1544 m) · source
- Aug 1, 2026 · Harbor Seal · bookyen on iNaturalist · 259 m away · source
- Jul 31, 2026 · Harbor Seal · fake_id on iNaturalist · 273 m away · source
- Jul 23, 2026 · Harbor Seal · mjandersen on iNaturalist · 487 m away · source
- Jul 19, 2026 · Harbor Seal · csbutrfly12 on iNaturalist · 388 m away · source
- Jun 25, 2026 · Harbor Seal · andygo1 on iNaturalist · 90 m away · source
- May 31, 2026 · Harbor Seal · person_person05 on iNaturalist · 310 m away · source
- Sep 13, 2025 · Harbor Seal · stellabarringer on iNaturalist · 291 m away · source
- Sep 6, 2025 · Harbor Seal · cimmaron on iNaturalist · 124 m away · source
- Jul 29, 2025 · Harbor Seal · davisprovan on iNaturalist · 295 m away · source
- Jul 22, 2025 · Harbor Seal · sydnianajones on iNaturalist · 329 m away · source
- Aug 23, 2024 · Harbor Seal · bartbee on iNaturalist · 311 m away · source
- Aug 13, 2024 · Harbor Seal · blobb on iNaturalist · 131 m away · source
- Aug 9, 2024 · Harbor Seal · jessek on iNaturalist · 415 m away · location approximate (±4738 m) · source
- Aug 9, 2024 · Harbor Seal · jessek on iNaturalist · 450 m away · location approximate (±3299 m) · source
- Jun 1, 2024 · Harbor Seal · mylodon on iNaturalist · 378 m away · source
- Sep 16, 2023 · Harbor Seal · davidcarr on iNaturalist · 222 m away · source
- Jul 21, 2023 · Harbor Seal · ewrunn1ng on iNaturalist · 131 m away · source
- Jul 21, 2023 · Harbor Seal · ewrunn1ng on iNaturalist · 279 m away · source
- Jul 9, 2023 · Harbor Seal · earley_bird on iNaturalist · 102 m away · source
- Jul 9, 2023 · Harbor Seal · earley_bird on iNaturalist · 118 m away · source
- Jul 9, 2023 · Harbor Seal · earley_bird on iNaturalist · 96 m away · source
- Sep 11, 2022 · Harbor Seal · narwahl on iNaturalist · 72 m away · source
- Nov 25, 2013 · Harbor Seal · aquaticreserves on iNaturalist · 222 m away · source
- Nov 25, 2013 · Harbor Seal · aquaticreserves on iNaturalist · 210 m away · source
Of 31 reports, 19 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 6 state no accuracy, and 31 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
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- Smith Island Area · 1.5 km · harbor seal
- Smith Island Area · 1.7 km · harbor seal