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

86 of 88 reports grouped by state · 6 states

South Australia coastal sections

Far West & Eyre Peninsula 8 reports

Latest: · Sceale Bay

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  1. · Sceale Bay
  2. · Elliston
  3. · Liguanea Island
  4. · Port Lincoln
  5. · Coffin Bay
  6. · Fowlers Bay
  7. · Poonindie, Eyre Peninsula
  8. · Seven Mile Beach, Coffin Bay National Park
Yorke Peninsula 4 reports

Latest: · Wool Bay South Australia, Australia

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  1. · Wool Bay South Australia, Australia
  2. · Port Price
  3. · McEachern's Beach, Port Moorowie
  4. · Flaherty Beach, Yorke Peninsula
Adelaide coast 5 reports

Latest: · Glenelg Beach, south of the breakwater

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  1. · Glenelg Beach, south of the breakwater
  2. · Grange Beach
  3. · Glenelg, Adelaide
  4. · St Kilda, Adelaide
  5. · West Beach, Adelaide
Fleurieu & Coorong 11 reports

Latest: · Beacon 19 Boat Ramp, Goolwa South

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  1. · Beacon 19 Boat Ramp, Goolwa South
  2. · Murray Mouth
  3. · Younghusband Peninsula ocean beach, about 20 km from the previous day's record
  4. · Younghusband Peninsula ocean beach
  5. · Goolwa Beach, between the main car park and Murray Mouth
  6. · Victor Harbor, east of Hindmarsh River mouth
  7. · Victor Harbor, mouth of Hindmarsh River
  8. · Tea Tree Crossing, Younghusband Peninsula
  9. · Younghusband Peninsula ocean beach, 27 km south of Murray Mouth
  10. · Victor Harbor, near Hindmarsh River mouth
  11. · Victor Harbor, north of Hindmarsh River mouth
Kangaroo Island 17 reports

Latest: · Seal Slide, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island

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  1. · Seal Slide, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island
  2. · Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
  3. · Admirals Arch, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island
  4. · Seal Slide, Kangaroo Island
  5. · Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island
  6. · Seal Slide, Kangaroo Island
  7. · North Casuarina Island, Kangaroo Island
  8. · Castle Rock Beach, Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island
  9. · Pennington Bay, Kangaroo Island
  10. · Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
  11. · Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
  12. · Berris Point, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island
  13. · Berris Point, Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island
  14. · Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
  15. · Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
  16. · Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island
  17. · Cape Gantheaume, Kangaroo Island
Limestone Coast 4 reports

Latest: · Nora Creina

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  1. · Nora Creina
  2. · Blackfellows Caves
  3. · Nora Creina
  4. · Southend

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Reports over time

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  1. 12023

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

  1. 2023
    Waverider marker buoy Newcastle Harbour entry Waverider marker buoy Newcastle Harbour entry
    Unidentified Tony Strazzari — iNaturalist (tonydiver)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). The observer described the seal using a marker buoy at the Newcastle Harbour entrance.