Scatchet Head Bouy
Steller Sea Lion, California Sea Lion, Eared seal · 8 reports from 8 observers, July 2024 to August 2026
In the atlas
Site 10.32 in the WDFW Atlas of Seal and Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Washington (Jeffries et al., 2000), surveyed in the late 1990s: California sea lion · fewer than 10 animals · used at all tidal states.
On red Scatchet Head bouy.
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.
Steller Sea Lion · 6 reports
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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| 2026 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
California Sea Lion · 1 report
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2025 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
Eared seal · 1 report
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | 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.
- Aug 12, 2026 · California Sea Lion · lizard-enjoyer on iNaturalist · 213 m away · source
- Jul 1, 2026 · Steller Sea Lion · ajbatista on iNaturalist · 325 m away · source
- Jun 17, 2026 · Steller Sea Lion · rachela1234 on iNaturalist · 183 m away · source
- Jun 14, 2026 · Steller Sea Lion · boomommy97 on iNaturalist · 423 m away · source
- Sep 1, 2024 · Steller Sea Lion · jaceysis on iNaturalist · 435 m away · location approximate (±1494 m) · source
- Aug 18, 2024 · Steller Sea Lion · frillshark on iNaturalist · 228 m away · source
- Jul 18, 2024 · Steller Sea Lion · heleneep on iNaturalist · 261 m away · source
- Jul 11, 2024 · Eared seal · catedupuy on iNaturalist · 262 m away · source
Of 8 reports, 4 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 3 state no accuracy, and 8 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
Nearby sites
- Possession Point Bouy · 4.1 km · California sea lion
- Yellow ‘SE’ Bouy · 4.6 km · California sea lion