Belle Chain Area
Harbor Seal · 4 reports from 3 observers, May 2021 to June 2026
In the atlas
Site 14.12 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 mainly at low tide.
Intertidal rocks and reef areas just west of Belle Chain.
The atlas maps this site at 3 points. The others: Intertidal rocks and reef areas of the Belle Chain., Intertidal rocks and reef areas on north end of Belle Chain..
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 · 4 reports
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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| 2026 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 | 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.
- Jun 11, 2026 · Harbor Seal · maxmaccann04 on iNaturalist · 290 m away · source
- Apr 13, 2022 · Harbor Seal · skirkvold on iNaturalist · 356 m away · source
- Oct 18, 2021 · Harbor Seal · k_girl883 on iNaturalist · 447 m away · location approximate (±501 m) · source
- May 31, 2021 · Harbor Seal · skirkvold on iNaturalist · 387 m away · source
Of 4 reports, 1 state a location accurate to within 500 m, 2 state no accuracy, and 4 carry a photo. Reports rarely say how many animals were present, so no counts are shown.
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