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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29 January—4 November

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

2 of 2 reports grouped by state · 1 state

Australia Published reports by state

N ↑South Australia: 2 reports; show area links1

South Australia coast 2 reports

Far West & Eyre Peninsula: 1 report; browse reports1Limestone Coast: 1 report; browse reports2

Grouped from the source place labels. Numbered coastal references cover 2 of 2 reports.

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South Australia 2 reports

South Australia coastal sections

Far West & Eyre Peninsula 1 report

Latest: · Sceale Bay

Limestone Coast 1 report

Latest: · Blackfellows Caves

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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 2011

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

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

  1. 2011
    Sceale Bay 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 poor condition. The paper reports it again at the township on 5 November and says it was presumably the same animal near Talia on 30 November. The structured species field is unset because Seal Watch does not offer this taxon. Species not recorded · 1 seal

  2. 2011
    Blackfellows Caves South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy

    The paper records an adult female, freshly moulted and resting on seaweed. Southern elephant seal · 1 seal