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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10 February—16 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.

4 of 4 reports grouped by state · 2 states

South Australia coast 3 reports

Fleurieu & Coorong: 1 report; browse reports1Kangaroo Island: 2 reports; browse reports2

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

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South Australia 3 reports
Queensland 1 report

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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. 42010
  11. 22011
  12. 82012
  13. 12013
  14. 12014
  15. 22016
  16. 22020
  17. 32021
  18. 32022
  19. 72023
  20. 42024
  21. 32025
  22. 132026

Months in 2010

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

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

  1. 2010
    Admirals Arch, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2014), Australian Mammalogy

    The 2014 study identifies this animal as a subantarctic fur seal. An adult male was alive in good condition, thermoregulating with its hind flippers in a pool. The structured species field is unset because Seal Watch does not offer this taxon. Species not recorded · 1 seal

  2. 2010
    Tallebudgera Creek Queensland
    Unidentified AAP via SBS News

    An AAP report identifies one New Zealand fur seal in Tallebudgera Creek. The article, published on 28 September, says it had been spotted on Saturday 25 September. New Zealand fur seal · 1 seal

  3. 2010
    Seal Slide, Kangaroo Island South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy

    The paper documents the adult male with the distinctive right-flipper scar first seen at Cape Gantheaume in 2001. This is a dated resighting of that same animal. Southern elephant seal · 1 seal

  4. 2010
    Murray Mouth South Australia
    Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy

    A freshly moulted juvenile female with three parallel healed scars on her back was ashore for several days. Southern elephant seal · 1 seal