Matia Island Area
Steller Sea Lion, Harbor Seal · 3 reports from 3 observers, July 2017 to July 2026
In the atlas
Site 11.01 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 mainly at low tide.
On interti1dal ledges and reef areas along north side of island.
The atlas maps this site at 2 points. The others: On intertidal rocks and reef areas off east end of island..
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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Reports per month, as identified on iNaturalist by the people who filed them.
Harbor Seal · 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.
- Jul 21, 2026 · Harbor Seal · quakozzla on iNaturalist · 121 m away · source
- Aug 5, 2025 · Steller Sea Lion · flora1806 on iNaturalist · 386 m away · location approximate (±1313 m) · source
- Jul 18, 2017 · Steller Sea Lion · abe on iNaturalist · 69 m away · source
Of 3 reports, 2 state a location accurate to within 500 m, and 3 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
Nearby sites
- Puffin Island Area · 1.0 km · harbor seal
- Puffin Island Area · 1.1 km · harbor seal
- Reef East of Puffin Island · 1.4 km · harbor seal
- Echo Bay, Ewing Island · 3.5 km · harbor seal
- Echo Bay, Finger Islands · 3.5 km · harbor seal
- Reef SE of Clements · 3.9 km · harbor seal