seal.watch / australia

Australia · 2000—2026

Australian and New Zealand fur seals

Seals around Australia.

Follow public seal observations from Australia. Browse published records, explore the places and stories behind them, or share an encounter with the Seal Watch team.

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88
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2 August—28 August

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State markers group published area labels. The South Australia detail groups reviewed coastal places. Markers are references, not seal positions.

3 of 3 reports grouped by state · 1 state

Australia Published reports by state

N ↑South Australia: 3 reports; show area links1

South Australia coast 3 reports

Yorke Peninsula: 1 report; browse reports1Fleurieu & Coorong: 1 report; browse reports2Limestone Coast: 1 report; browse reports3

Grouped from the source place labels. Numbered coastal references cover 3 of 3 reports.

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South Australia 3 reports

South Australia coastal sections

Yorke Peninsula 1 report

Latest: · Flaherty Beach, Yorke Peninsula

Fleurieu & Coorong 1 report

Latest: · Victor Harbor, near Hindmarsh River mouth

Limestone Coast 1 report

Latest: · Southend

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Reports over time

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Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.

  1. 92000
  2. 32001
  3. 32002
  4. 12003
  5. 32004
  6. 22006
  7. 42007
  8. 52008
  9. 52009
  10. 32010
  11. 22011
  12. 52012
  13. 32026

Months in 2000

  1. 1Jan
  2. 0Feb
  3. 0Mar
  4. 0Apr
  5. 0May
  6. 0Jun
  7. 2Jul
  8. 3Aug
  9. 0Sep
  10. 1Oct
  11. 1Nov
  12. 1Dec

Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.

  1. 2000
    Flaherty Beach, Yorke Peninsula South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2014), Australian Mammalogy

    The 2014 study identifies this animal as a subantarctic fur seal. A juvenile was alive in good condition and returned to sea. The structured species field is unset because Seal Watch does not offer this taxon. Species not recorded · 1 seal

  2. 2000
    Southend South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy

    The paper records one seal, about 2 m long, with a wound along its back. Leopard seal · 1 seal

  3. 2000
    Victor Harbor, near Hindmarsh River mouth South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy

    The paper distinguishes this smaller animal in better condition from the seal seen nearby in July; it moved in and out of the sea. Leopard seal · 1 seal