Commencement Bay
Harbor Seal · 7 reports from 4 observers, September 2011 to August 2026
In the atlas
Site 10.18 in the WDFW Atlas of Seal and Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Washington (Jeffries et al., 2000), surveyed in the late 1990s: harbor seal, California sea lion · fewer than 100 animals · used at all tidal states.
On bouys and floats in northeast Commencement Bay.
The atlas maps this site at 2 points. The others: On log booms in northeast Commencement 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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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.
- Aug 9, 2026 · Harbor Seal · mrthorn on iNaturalist · 438 m away · source
- Aug 9, 2026 · Harbor Seal · mrthorn on iNaturalist · 435 m away · source
- Aug 9, 2026 · Harbor Seal · mrthorn on iNaturalist · 437 m away · source
- Aug 12, 2022 · Harbor Seal · pnwcactus on iNaturalist · 140 m away · source
- Dec 24, 2021 · Harbor Seal · peterolsoy on iNaturalist · 82 m away · source
- Sep 18, 2011 · Harbor Seal · markrobinson on iNaturalist · 119 m away · source
- Sep 18, 2011 · Harbor Seal · markrobinson on iNaturalist · 119 m away · source
Of 7 reports, 5 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 2 state no accuracy, and 7 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
Nearby sites
- Yellow ‘TC’ Bouy · 4.8 km · California sea lion