Rich Passage Bouy
Steller sea lion, California Sea Lion, Steller Sea Lion · 5 reports from 5 observers, May 2019 to August 2026
In the atlas
Site 10.39 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 ‘4’ bouy off Orchard Point.
The atlas maps this site at 2 points. The others: On red bouy in Rich Passage..
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 · 2 reports
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| 2025 | 1 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
California Sea Lion · 2 reports
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| 2019 | 1 |
Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
Steller Sea Lion · 1 report
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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 30, 2026 · Steller Sea Lion · pinus_edulis on iNaturalist · 168 m away · source
- Jan 3, 2026 · Steller sea lion · clm98043 on iNaturalist · 455 m away · source
- May 1, 2025 · Steller sea lion · circe_observer on iNaturalist · 285 m away · location approximate (±536 m) · source
- May 23, 2021 · California Sea Lion · hayleylester on iNaturalist · 192 m away · source
- May 11, 2019 · California Sea Lion · ewrunn1ng on iNaturalist · 165 m away · source
Of 5 reports, 3 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 1 state no accuracy, and 4 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
Nearby sites
- Restoration Point Bouy · 3.9 km · California sea lion
- Blakely Rocks · 4.3 km · harbor seal
- Yellow ‘T’ Bouy · 5.5 km · California sea lion