Bellingham Bay
Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion, True seal · 10 reports from 8 observers, May 2018 to April 2026
In the atlas
Site 09.12 in the WDFW Atlas of Seal and Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Washington (Jeffries et al., 2000), surveyed in the late 1990s: harbor seal · fewer than 100 animals · used at all tidal states.
On log booms in Bellingham Bay.
The atlas maps this site at 3 points. The others: On log booms in Bellingham Bay., On log booms in Bellingham Bay..
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 · 7 reports
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| 2018 | 1 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
California Sea Lion · 2 reports
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| 2025 | 2 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
True seal · 1 report
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| 2023 | 1 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
Photos from the reports. Each links to its source; the attribution is in the tooltip.
- Apr 24, 2026 · Harbor Seal · kalleo on iNaturalist · 469 m away · source
- Sep 27, 2025 · California Sea Lion · circe_observer on iNaturalist · 179 m away · source
- Sep 26, 2025 · California Sea Lion · ruthannishiking on iNaturalist · 184 m away · source
- Apr 6, 2025 · Harbor Seal · thyde on iNaturalist · 359 m away · source
- Nov 2, 2024 · Harbor Seal · torenl on iNaturalist · 285 m away · source
- Aug 2, 2024 · Harbor Seal · ianjpoole on iNaturalist · 379 m away · source
- Oct 28, 2023 · Harbor Seal · hammilha on iNaturalist · 429 m away · source
- Oct 28, 2023 · Harbor Seal · hammilha on iNaturalist · 429 m away · source
- Oct 28, 2023 · True seal · hammilha on iNaturalist · 429 m away · source
- May 21, 2018 · Harbor Seal · susancarberry on iNaturalist · 460 m away · source
Of 10 reports, 9 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 1 state no accuracy, and 10 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
Nearby sites
- Chuckanut Bay Area · 4.5 km · harbor seal
- Rocks off Wildcat Cove · 7.8 km · harbor seal